{"id":589421,"date":"2019-02-01T17:16:45","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T17:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n\t\t\n<p><strong>Former President John Mahama<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>National Democratic Congress (NDC) Flagbearer\nhopeful, John Mahama, has responded to the eruption of violence during\nthe\u00a0Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election with a reminder of the NDC\u2019s o"},"modified":"2019-02-01T17:16:45","modified_gmt":"2019-02-01T17:16:45","slug":"we-are-king-kong-in-violence-john-mahama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/02\/01\/we-are-king-kong-in-violence-john-mahama\/","title":{"rendered":"We Are King Kong In Violence \u2013 John Mahama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Former President John Mahama<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>National Democratic Congress (NDC) Flagbearer<br \/>\nhopeful, John Mahama, has responded to the eruption of violence during<br \/>\nthe\u00a0Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election with a reminder of the NDC\u2019s own<br \/>\ncapacity for violence.<\/p>\n<p>The former President said his party was prepared to advise itself<br \/>\nafter one person was shot and others injured\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/2019\/01\/31\/ayawaso-by-election-gunshots-fired-at-la-bawaleshie-presby-polling-station\/\">during some confusion<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0at the\u00a0La<br \/>\nBawaleshie Presby School polling centre.<\/p>\n<p>The NDC and the<br \/>\ngoverning New Patriotic Party (NPP) have traded accusations in the aftermath of<br \/>\nthe incident, saying the other party orchestrated the tensions which marred the<br \/>\nelection.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to<br \/>\nparty supporters in\u00a0Adaklu, Mr. Mahama said: \u201cthe NPP is taking this power<br \/>\nas a matter of life and death.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Out of respect for the constitution, he said the<br \/>\nNDC had been acting\u00a0docile but is ready to revolt if the perceived<br \/>\nintimidation from the government continues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe respect the constitution of this country<br \/>\nand NDC is a democratic country and that is why we abide by the rules of the<br \/>\nconstitution. But the same constitution says that Ghanaians should resist<br \/>\nanybody who attempts to subvert the constitution and when you go rampaging with<br \/>\nforces and intimidating people when they come out and vote, you are subverting<br \/>\nGhana\u2019s constitution and we have the right to resist you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Mahama acknowledged the NDC\u2019s political roots, which<br \/>\ncontributed two coup d\u2019etats to Ghana\u2019s history, saying \u201cwhen it comes to<br \/>\nunleashing violence, nobody can beat us in unleashing violence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to<br \/>\nsound a caution that NDC has a revolutionary root and when it comes to<br \/>\nunleashing violence no one can beat us to that. It is just that we midwifed<br \/>\nthis country\u2019s democracy and that is why we must be the first to respect it.<br \/>\nThat is why we are acting as a party that is docile and respecting the rule of<br \/>\nlaw. But if we believe that the government cannot protect our people and we<br \/>\nbelieve that the government is using its vigilante groups and illegal forces to<br \/>\nintimidate and harass and injure our people, then we may have to advise<br \/>\nourselves,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The NDC withdrew from the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election<br \/>\nfollowing the shooting incident and ordered its polling agents and observers from<br \/>\nthe area.<\/p>\n<p>Independent<br \/>\nobservers and media reports have noted that some of the NDC\u2019s complaints are<br \/>\njustified as observers have criticised what has been described as<br \/>\nuncoordinated, excessive and intimidating security protocols.<\/p>\n<p>The Member of<br \/>\nParliament for Ningo Prampram, Samuel Nartey George, was at the wrong end of<br \/>\nsome security personnel as he is seen\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/2019\/01\/31\/ayawaso-west-wuogon-clashes-sam-george-assaulted-by-security-officials-video\/\">being struck in the face<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0by two security<br \/>\npersonnel in a viral video.<\/p>\n<p>The widow of<br \/>\nthe late MP for Ayawaso West Wuogon, Lydia Alhassan, emerged victorious\u00a0in<br \/>\nthe poll with 12, 041 votes representing 68.30%.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the<br \/>\nboycott, the NDC\u2019s Delali Kwasi Brempong polled 5, 341 votes representing<br \/>\n30.52% whiles\u00a0William Dowokpor of the Progressive People\u2019s Party (PPP) and<br \/>\nClement Boadi of the Liberal Party of Ghana both polled 102 and 17 votes<br \/>\nrespectively.<\/p>\n<p><strong>-Citifmonline<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/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>Former President John Mahama National Democratic Congress (NDC) Flagbearer hopeful, John Mahama, has responded to the eruption of violence during the\u00a0Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election with a reminder of the NDC\u2019s own capacity for violence. The former President said his party was prepared to advise itself after one person was shot and others injured\u00a0during some confusion\u00a0at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":589422,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-589421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>We Are King Kong In Violence \u2013 John Mahama - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/02\/01\/we-are-king-kong-in-violence-john-mahama\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"We Are King Kong In Violence \u2013 John Mahama - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Former President John Mahama National Democratic Congress (NDC) Flagbearer hopeful, John Mahama, has responded to the eruption of violence during the\u00a0Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election with a reminder of the NDC\u2019s own capacity for violence. 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