{"id":589436,"date":"2019-02-01T18:17:49","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T18:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n\t\t\n<p> <br\/><strong>President Akufo-Addo (right) with Lydia Seyram Alhassan <\/strong><br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Akufo-Addo, in a\ncongratulatory message to the MP-elect for Ayawaso West Wuogon, Lydia Seyram\nAlhassan, has reiterated his commitment "},"modified":"2019-02-01T18:17:49","modified_gmt":"2019-02-01T18:17:49","slug":"npp-wont-compete-with-ndc-for-violence-president-akufo-addo%ef%bb%bf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/02\/01\/npp-wont-compete-with-ndc-for-violence-president-akufo-addo%ef%bb%bf\/","title":{"rendered":"NPP Won\u2019t Compete With NDC For Violence- President Akufo-Addo\ufeff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>President Akufo-Addo (right) with Lydia Seyram Alhassan <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>President Akufo-Addo, in a<br \/>\ncongratulatory message to the MP-elect for Ayawaso West Wuogon, Lydia Seyram<br \/>\nAlhassan, has reiterated his commitment to peace.<\/p>\n<p>He indicated that the New<br \/>\nPatriotic Party (NPP) will not compete with the NDC or any political party for<br \/>\nviolence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is important also to state<br \/>\nthat the New Patriotic Party, the party from which my government was born,<br \/>\nwould never dream of competing with any other political party in unleashing<br \/>\nviolence on the Ghanaian people,\u201d the president said in the congratulatory<br \/>\nmessage sent to the NPP candidate in the by-election in apparent reference to<br \/>\nthe NDC alleged withdrawal from the election over the violence that characterised<br \/>\nthe polls.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI congratulate Lydia Seyram<br \/>\nAlhassan on her emphatic victory in Thursday\u2019s by-election in the Ayawaso West<br \/>\nWuogon Constituency. The electorate in the constituency has made an excellent<br \/>\nchoice, and I am confident she will serve their interests in parliament with distinction.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe isolated incident of<br \/>\nviolence, which occurred in the early stages of the election, was unfortunate<br \/>\nand regrettable, and I condemn it in no uncertain terms. A by-election should<br \/>\nbe a peaceful and happy event, no matter how competitive. The police is<br \/>\ncommitted to conducting a rapid inquiry into the matter, and I expect all<br \/>\npersons who are found culpable, at the end of the process, to face the full<br \/>\nrigours of the law.<\/p>\n<p>President Akufo-Addo added, \u201cOur<br \/>\npolicy, as espoused by the founding father of our political tradition, is to<br \/>\nliberate the energies of the people for the growth of a property-owning<br \/>\ndemocracy in this land, with right to life, freedom and justiceas the<br \/>\nprinciples to which the Government and laws of the land should be dedicated in<br \/>\norder specifically to enrich life, property and liberty of each and every<br \/>\ncitizen, and that is what my government is doing.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI commend the Electoral Commission for the professionalism it displayed in conducting a free, fair, transparent and credible election, despite the isolated challenge it faced. The Ghanaian people have, again, demonstrated to the world their deep attachment to the principles of democratic accountability and the rule of law. Ghana\u2019s democracy is robust, and will only grow from strength to strength,\u201d he stated.<\/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>President Akufo-Addo (right) with Lydia Seyram Alhassan President Akufo-Addo, in a congratulatory message to the MP-elect for Ayawaso West Wuogon, Lydia Seyram Alhassan, has reiterated his commitment to peace. He indicated that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) will not compete with the NDC or any political party for violence. \u201cIt is important also to state [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":589437,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-589436","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>NPP Won\u2019t Compete With NDC For Violence- President Akufo-Addo\ufeff - 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\/npp-wont-compete-with-ndc-for-violence-president-akufo-addo\ufeff\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"NPP Won\u2019t Compete With NDC For Violence- President Akufo-Addo\ufeff - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"President Akufo-Addo (right) with Lydia Seyram Alhassan President Akufo-Addo, in a congratulatory message to the MP-elect for Ayawaso West Wuogon, Lydia Seyram Alhassan, has reiterated his commitment to peace. 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