{"id":391193,"date":"2017-05-20T11:31:32","date_gmt":"2017-05-20T11:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/05\/20\/mzbel-advices-mahama-not-to-contest-2020-election\/"},"modified":"2017-05-20T11:31:32","modified_gmt":"2017-05-20T11:31:32","slug":"mzbel-advices-mahama-not-to-contest-2020-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/05\/20\/mzbel-advices-mahama-not-to-contest-2020-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Mzbel advices Mahama not to contest 2020 election"},"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\/XGltYWdlc1xjb250ZW50XDUyMDIwMTcxMTM2NDlfMTA2OTg0MDMwODY5Ml83Nzc5NTgzNjY2MzcwLmpwZ3wzMDB8MTgwfDUvMjAvMjAxNw==.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"javascript:window.location='\/newsphoto\/3\/1\/NDMyOTA=';\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Controversial Singer Mzbel has advised former President John Mahama not to contest the 2020 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>She registered her concerns for Mr Mahama running again after she campaigned for him in the run-up to the December 7 election.<\/p>\n<p>Mzbel is noted for defending the former president on social media and was pelted with an egg during a performance in Belgium by a woman who took offence in one of the musician&#8217;s comments against current President Akufo-Addo.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:12px;line-height: 25px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive\" style=\"border:1px solid #eee;width: 100%;\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/XGltYWdlc1xjb250ZW50XDUyMDIwMTcxMTM2MzlfNzc4MjAyMDUyMzU3NV80NzYzNjI5NjY2MjEuanBnfDc3MHw1LzIwLzIwMTc=.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>There has been a rancorous debate within the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) which he led into the 2016 elections over his political future.<\/p>\n<p>While Mr Mahama&#8217;s immediate family has insisted that he calls time on local politics, some leaders of the party including the National Organiser Kofi Adams, Member of Parliament for Odododiodoo, Nii Lantey Vanderpuye have dismissed the idea.<\/p>\n<p>They argue that Ghana\u2019s first one-term President is the NDC\u2019s best bet for Election 2020.<\/p>\n<p>But the &#8216;E dey be&#8217; and &#8216;Legelege&#8217; hitmaker in a Facebook post Thursday, advised Mr Mahama against running.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHmmm so soon people are already asking for you to return in 2020&#8230; \u2018Medi3\u2019 I&#8217;m really against that! I don&#8217;t support it because I believe you should rise above the betrayal and pettiness of Ghanaian politics,\u201d she posted.<\/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 added<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:12px;line-height: 25px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive\" style=\"border:1px solid #eee;width: 100%;\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/XGltYWdlc1xjb250ZW50XDUyMDIwMTcxMTM2MzlfOTE4OTU0MjUwNTQyNF83NDk1MDkyMDc4MDA4LmpwZ3w3NzB8NS8yMC8yMDE3.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>For now, the singer might find some consolation in what Mr Mahama\u2019s younger brother, Ibrahim Mahama, has said about the former President\u2019s family advising him not to contest the NDC primary to select a presidential candidate for 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe [former President Mahama] agreed with us,\u201d Ibrahim said.<\/p>\n<p>Story by Ghana | Myjoyonline.com<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Controversial Singer Mzbel has advised former President John Mahama not to contest the 2020 presidential election. 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