{"id":466635,"date":"2018-02-22T15:41:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-22T15:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/22\/2020-bagbin-ticket-wont-gain-traction-ayine\/"},"modified":"2018-02-22T15:41:00","modified_gmt":"2018-02-22T15:41:00","slug":"2020-bagbin-ticket-wont-gain-traction-ayine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/22\/2020-bagbin-ticket-wont-gain-traction-ayine\/","title":{"rendered":"2020: Bagbin ticket won\u2019t gain traction \u2013 Ayine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Thursday, 22 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Starrfmonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2018-02-22<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/38050968.295.jpg\" alt=\"Dominic Ayine Dksl.jpeg\" title=\"Dominic Ayine Dksl.jpeg\" width=\"295\" height=\"169\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Former deputy Attorney General and Minister of Justice Dr. Dominic Ayine<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1519314060_327_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">A former deputy Attorney General and Minister of Justice Dr. Dominic Ayine says he would support former President John Dramani Mahama to lead the National Democratic Congress into the 2020 elections.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, despite his respect for the rest of the candidates wishing to lead the umbrella party into the 2020 polls including the Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin, Mahama is the only sure bet for NDC recapturing power in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI respect Alban Bagbin, he is a great person in our party, he is very knowledgeable [and] his contribution to the party cannot be measured,\u201d Dr. Ayine told Bola Ray on Starr Chat, Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[But] geopolitically, I don\u2019t think that Bagbin shot will have traction,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Ayine, who is also the Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga East, continued that supposing for the sake of argument that former President Mahama is eliminated from the race, the NDC may not be in the position to allow another Northerner to lead it into the 2020 polls.<\/p>\n<p>Former President Mahama lost the 2016 elections to President Akufo-Addo. Akufo-Addo garnered 5, 716, 609 votes, representing 53.84 percent to snatch the presidency from Mahama who secured 4,713,277 votes, representing 44.40 percent.<\/p>\n<p>The NDC also lost more than 40 parliamentary seats to the NPP, which gave the latter majority in Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>Akufo-Addo won the election after a third term bid.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Bagbin who described his 2020 presidential ambition to be \u201cas clear as daylight\u201d noted in 2017 on Starr Chat that he was not surprised his party lost the 2016 elections.<\/p>\n<p>The veteran lawmaker who has served as both Minority and Majority Leader in Parliament under different administrations said he \u201csaw the NDC 2016 election defeat\u201d coming because he had warned the party about it.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 48 updated by: 48 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Thursday, 22 February 2018 Source: Starrfmonline.com 2018-02-22 Former deputy Attorney General and Minister of Justice Dr. Dominic Ayine A former deputy Attorney General and Minister of Justice Dr. Dominic Ayine says he would support former President John Dramani Mahama to lead the National Democratic Congress into the 2020 elections. 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