{"id":273621,"date":"2011-01-12T14:42:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-12T14:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=46567"},"modified":"2011-01-12T14:42:00","modified_gmt":"2011-01-12T14:42:00","slug":"gbagbo-did-not-fund-ndcs-2008-campaign-asiedu-nketia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/12\/gbagbo-did-not-fund-ndcs-2008-campaign-asiedu-nketia\/","title":{"rendered":"Gbagbo Did Not Fund NDC&#8217;s 2008 Campaign &#8211; Asiedu Nketia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_27201\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27201\" style=\"width: 280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-27201\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2010\/10\/27\/ndc-is-on-a-dangerous-suicide-mission-gen-mosquito\/asiedu_nketia\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27201\" title=\"asiedu_nketia\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/asiedu_nketia1.jpg\" alt=\"Johnson Asiedu Nketia\" width=\"280\" height=\"285\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27201\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Johnson Asiedu Nketia<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nThe incumbent National Democratic  Congress has for the first time commented publicly on foreign media  reports that it received funding from disputed Ivorian leader, Laurent  Gbagbo, to partly finance the party\u2019s 2008 campaign.<br \/>\nThe allegation first surfaced in neighbouring Burkina Faso.<br \/>\nA  Burkinabe weekly newspaper alleged in its Christmas day edition that in  the disputed Ivorian leader\u2019s attempt to secure his borders, he  charitably offered to help then candidates Mills and Nana Akufo-Addo in  the 2008 presidential elections.<br \/>\nSome reports have since claimed  that the NDC indeed received some form of funding from the Ivorian  leader, explaining why President Mills is opposed to the use of military  force to remove Mr Gbagbo from power.<br \/>\nBut, NDC General  Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, in an exclusive interview with Citi  News has dismissed the reports. He has challenged the people making the  claims to come out publicly to prove that the NDC breached the country\u2019s  Constitution which forbids external funding of political parties.<br \/>\n\u201cWe  all know that resources for the financing of political parties cannot  come from external forces. Everybody knows that or you think we are  criminals who are going against the Constitution of the Republic?  Whatever international press is making the allegation ought to know the  laws of this country. So there are certain questions we don\u2019t need to  answer at all. Let them supply their evidence\u201d he said.<br \/>\nMr.  Asiedu Nketia, who appeared very infuriated by the report, almost vented  his spleen on Citi FM\u2019s Richard Sky as he demanded of him to respond to  the allegations.<br \/>\n&#8220;Are you alleging that I am a criminal or we  are criminals? Are you alleging that we knowing that you cannot take  resources from elsewhere to finance your campaign, we went with our  whole eyes open going elsewhere in breach of the Constitution of the  Republic? What type of question are you asking me?\u201d he hotly asked.<br \/>\nMr.  Asiedu Nketia insisted the NDC is fully behind President Mills on his  stance against military intervention in Ivory Coast. He also commented  on opposition-led speculations that Ghana is providing refuge for  Ivorian First Lady, Mrs. Simone Gbagbo.<br \/>\n&#8220;If Ghana is a peaceful  country and anybody decides to seek refuge here, it is our international  obligation to accept those people. This is not to admit that I know  about the wife of anybody hiding here in Ghana. Even if the wife is not  hiding here and the children and the wife or anybody wants to seek  refuge in Ghana, it will be against international principles for us not  to give him asylum. Indeed, if Gbagbo himself decides to step down on  condition that Ghana offers him asylum it will be welcome news because  that will help us to solve the problem there\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The incumbent National Democratic Congress has for the first time commented publicly on foreign media reports that it received funding from disputed Ivorian leader, Laurent Gbagbo, to partly finance the party\u2019s 2008 campaign. The allegation first surfaced in neighbouring Burkina Faso. 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