{"id":391028,"date":"2017-05-19T17:32:07","date_gmt":"2017-05-19T17:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/05\/19\/dont-contest-2020-elections-mzbel-to-ex-president-mahama\/"},"modified":"2017-05-19T17:32:07","modified_gmt":"2017-05-19T17:32:07","slug":"dont-contest-2020-elections-mzbel-to-ex-president-mahama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/05\/19\/dont-contest-2020-elections-mzbel-to-ex-president-mahama\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t Contest 2020 Elections\u2014Mzbel To Ex-President Mahama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"news_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor:pointer;\" class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/XGltYWdlc1xjb250ZW50XDUxOTIwMTc2MDMyOV9pbWFnZXNwcmVzaWRlbnRfam9obl9tYWhhbWFfNDI5ODE0NjgxLmpwZ3wzMDB8MTgwfDUvMTkvMjAxNw==.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"javascript:window.location='\/newsphoto\/1\/1\/Nzc2NTQz';\"\/><\/div>\n<p><strong>Mzbel has asked former President John Dramani Mahama to have a second thought on his decision to contest for presidency in 2020 election.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to the musician, she is not happy with the decision by the former president to stand as flag-bearer for NDC come 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201c16 years\u201d hit maker urged the former president not to contest the 2020 election and let the people in his government who sabotaged and betrayed him contest instead.<\/p>\n<p>Her post read \u201cHmmm so soon people are already asking for you to return in 2020&#8230; &#8216;Medi3&#8217; I&#8217;m really against that! I dont support it because I believe you should rise above the betrayal and pettiness of Ghanaian politics\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have been accepted by the international community as a spokesman for Africa. Daddy please don&#8217;t descend into the Ghanaian gutter. Let those who betrayed you come up with their flagbearer\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The music icon shared the post on her Facebook account.<\/p>\n<p>Read full message here:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fmzbelmusicc%2Fposts%2F10154428874596196&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"519\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mzbel has asked former President John Dramani Mahama to have a second thought on his decision to contest for presidency in 2020 election. According to the musician, she is not happy with the decision by the former president to stand as flag-bearer for NDC come 2020. 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