By Gifty Boateng
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has set in motion, a wicked propaganda against it main opponents, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), ahead of today’s rerun of some 19 polling stations in the Ablekuma North constituency.
It Member of Parliament (MP) for Trobu constituency, in the Greater Accra Region, Gloria Owusu, has accused the NDC and it candidate Ewurabena Aubynn of intimidation.
According to the first time MP, who stormed the constituency with colleagues to campaign, the NDC wants to cheat the NPP candidate, Nana Akua Owusu Afriyie, who once represented the constituency.
Speaking to a female resident in the constituency, on Thursday night July 9, Gloria Owusu claimed that the agenda NDC is hatching is to snatch the seat so that they can perpetuate different ulterior motives.
“She is a widow; her husband has died and NDC wants to cheat her and take the seat. They [NDC] has 187 seats in Parliament, but they are still not grateful they want to take what belongs to Akua Afriyie’s seat. So I beg vote for Akua Afriyie, she is Number 1.
She claimed President John Mahama is determined to first change the constitution that bars him from contesting again as president so he can seek reelection for a third term.
She also claimed the NDC plans to accept the activities of gays and lesbians and so voting for it candidate Ewurabena Aubynn will enhance their agenda.
When he gets more seats in parliament, he will endorse the activities of gays and lesbians. When they went to AU meeting, they abstained from voting YES or NO. At our own independence square, two gays were allowed to stand in front and kiss so it tells you that they endorse and will entertain those people”.
A member of her team also a woman, gave her own version of the allegations saying “Again, John Mahama wants to change the law so that he runs again so he wants two more seats to complete the agenda, so he is using every means to achieve this. So we beg you because if he succeeds, it will affect the whole Ghana”.
Interestingly, recall that in June, the same MP said there was no way she was going to sit aloof for the EC to conduct a rerun in the constituency and that if they dare, she was going to lead 10, 000 women to demonstrate against that move.
Voters in the Ablekuma North constituency are going back to the polls to vote in 19 polling stations, to finally get an MP. This after the area was left without a representative in Parliament over the past 7 months.
The delay was as a result of a confusion and violence that marred the collation of results after the December 7 general election.