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General News of Wednesday, 28 February 2018<\/p>\n
Source: <\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n2018-02-28<\/p>\n\nplay video<\/span>Fadi Dabbousi<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\t\t <a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1519805953_78_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Fadi Dabbousi, a sympathizer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), and a fierce critique of the erstwhile Mahama administration has described the 2016 elections as \u201cextremely dirty\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>He said this in a speech delivered at the launch of his new book \u201959 Dark Hours \u2013 A free speech campaign\u2019, a book about his arrest and detention by the Bureau of National Intelligence (BNI) following allegations he made against the then president of Ghana John Dramani Mahama. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had the urge to painstakingly depict how dirty the elections were. The elections 2016 were extremely dirty,\u201d he stated. <\/p>\n<p>Mr. Dabbousi described the attacks made on President Akufo Addo\u2019s personality at the time by members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) as \u201cthe disgraceful demeanour of supposed honourable men who made pronouncements in unfashionable dictum and lazy political outbursts.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe should never have to resolve to such an unholy war,\u201d he advised. The 2016 elections saw the exit of the NDC from government and the entry of the NPP into power after a long period of staying in opposition after a blinding loss in the 2008 elections.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/players\/cTontV1n-GtVgZhNx.html\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowfullscreen=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>’59 Dark Hours \u2013 A free speech campaign\u2019 is a sequel to his \u201859 years to nowhere\u2019, a political book which reflected on Ghana several years after independence and suggested solutions to the country’s woes after 59 years of independence. <\/p>\n<p>The book was outdoored at the British Council in Accra on Tuesday, February 27 and is focused on championing free speech in the country. <\/p>\n<p>In attendance were prominent NPP members and state officials including Hassan Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), former organiser of the NPP, Laud Commey, and Head of the National Identification Authority Professor Ken Attafuah.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/players\/tg3yPmT2-GtVgZhNx.html\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowfullscreen=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 26 updated by: 26 --><\/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 Wednesday, 28 February 2018 Source: www.ghanaweb.com 2018-02-28 play videoFadi Dabbousi Fadi Dabbousi, a sympathizer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), and a fierce critique of the erstwhile Mahama administration has described the 2016 elections as \u201cextremely dirty\u201d. 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2018-02-28<\/p>\n
play video<\/span>Fadi Dabbousi<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\t\t <a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1519805953_78_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Fadi Dabbousi, a sympathizer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), and a fierce critique of the erstwhile Mahama administration has described the 2016 elections as \u201cextremely dirty\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>He said this in a speech delivered at the launch of his new book \u201959 Dark Hours \u2013 A free speech campaign\u2019, a book about his arrest and detention by the Bureau of National Intelligence (BNI) following allegations he made against the then president of Ghana John Dramani Mahama. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had the urge to painstakingly depict how dirty the elections were. The elections 2016 were extremely dirty,\u201d he stated. <\/p>\n<p>Mr. Dabbousi described the attacks made on President Akufo Addo\u2019s personality at the time by members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) as \u201cthe disgraceful demeanour of supposed honourable men who made pronouncements in unfashionable dictum and lazy political outbursts.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe should never have to resolve to such an unholy war,\u201d he advised. The 2016 elections saw the exit of the NDC from government and the entry of the NPP into power after a long period of staying in opposition after a blinding loss in the 2008 elections.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/players\/cTontV1n-GtVgZhNx.html\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowfullscreen=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>’59 Dark Hours \u2013 A free speech campaign\u2019 is a sequel to his \u201859 years to nowhere\u2019, a political book which reflected on Ghana several years after independence and suggested solutions to the country’s woes after 59 years of independence. <\/p>\n<p>The book was outdoored at the British Council in Accra on Tuesday, February 27 and is focused on championing free speech in the country. <\/p>\n<p>In attendance were prominent NPP members and state officials including Hassan Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), former organiser of the NPP, Laud Commey, and Head of the National Identification Authority Professor Ken Attafuah.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/players\/tg3yPmT2-GtVgZhNx.html\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowfullscreen=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 26 updated by: 26 --><\/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 Wednesday, 28 February 2018 Source: www.ghanaweb.com 2018-02-28 play videoFadi Dabbousi Fadi Dabbousi, a sympathizer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), and a fierce critique of the erstwhile Mahama administration has described the 2016 elections as \u201cextremely dirty\u201d. 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\t\t <a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1519805953_78_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Fadi Dabbousi, a sympathizer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), and a fierce critique of the erstwhile Mahama administration has described the 2016 elections as \u201cextremely dirty\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>He said this in a speech delivered at the launch of his new book \u201959 Dark Hours \u2013 A free speech campaign\u2019, a book about his arrest and detention by the Bureau of National Intelligence (BNI) following allegations he made against the then president of Ghana John Dramani Mahama. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had the urge to painstakingly depict how dirty the elections were. The elections 2016 were extremely dirty,\u201d he stated. <\/p>\n<p>Mr. Dabbousi described the attacks made on President Akufo Addo\u2019s personality at the time by members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) as \u201cthe disgraceful demeanour of supposed honourable men who made pronouncements in unfashionable dictum and lazy political outbursts.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe should never have to resolve to such an unholy war,\u201d he advised. The 2016 elections saw the exit of the NDC from government and the entry of the NPP into power after a long period of staying in opposition after a blinding loss in the 2008 elections.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/players\/cTontV1n-GtVgZhNx.html\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowfullscreen=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>’59 Dark Hours \u2013 A free speech campaign\u2019 is a sequel to his \u201859 years to nowhere\u2019, a political book which reflected on Ghana several years after independence and suggested solutions to the country’s woes after 59 years of independence. <\/p>\n<p>The book was outdoored at the British Council in Accra on Tuesday, February 27 and is focused on championing free speech in the country. <\/p>\n<p>In attendance were prominent NPP members and state officials including Hassan Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), former organiser of the NPP, Laud Commey, and Head of the National Identification Authority Professor Ken Attafuah.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/players\/tg3yPmT2-GtVgZhNx.html\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowfullscreen=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 26 updated by: 26 --><\/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 Wednesday, 28 February 2018 Source: www.ghanaweb.com 2018-02-28 play videoFadi Dabbousi Fadi Dabbousi, a sympathizer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), and a fierce critique of the erstwhile Mahama administration has described the 2016 elections as \u201cextremely dirty\u201d. 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