Majority Chief and Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, has refuted claims that President John Dramani Mahama is pursuing a third-term agenda.
Based on him, such assertions have been fabricated by the opposition New Patriotic Social gathering (NPP) and have by no means been a topic of dialogue inside authorities or the Nationwide Democratic Congress (NDC).
His feedback are available response to Minority Chief Alexander Afenyo-Markin’s criticism of the President’s current nomination of seven justices to the Supreme Court, which he described as a covert try and affect constitutional processes.
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Talking at a press convention on Thursday, 1 Might, Mr Afenyo-Markin alleged that the nominations, coupled with the continued efforts to take away the Chief Justice, “reveal a deeper, extra harmful political ambition — a third-term agenda in disguise.”
Nonetheless, in an interview with Citi Information on Friday, 2 Might, Mr Ayariga dismissed the accusations and accused the Minority Chief of deliberately planting the thought within the public’s thoughts.
He acknowledged:
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He’s the one placing the thought of a third-term bid into the minds of Ghanaians. I’m not conscious of any such dialog happening. Nor have I heard any NDC strategist entertain that notion. By means of his actions, he’s the one really introducing the thought to the general public.
He additional added:
The dialogue a couple of potential third time period got here up even earlier than President Mahama filed to contest because the NDC’s flagbearer for the 2024 normal election. In reality, some people even threatened to take the matter to the Supreme Court docket, mistakenly believing that he could be looking for a 3rd time period.
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In the meantime, the NPP, together with three different political events, is scheduled to embark on a nationwide protest on Tuesday, 5 May, over the suspension of the Chief Justice, Justice Gertrude Torkonoo.
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The opposite taking part events embody the Liberal Social gathering of Ghana (LPG), the Nationwide Democratic Social gathering (NDP), and the Folks’s Nationwide Social gathering (PNP).