National Communication Officer of the largest opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi is blaming President Akufo-Addo for some of the violent incidents recorded during the just-ended Parliamentary primaries of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
According to him, since President Akufo-Addo assumed the reins of leadership in the NPP after former President John Agyekum Kuffour, the party has never known peace.
“The NPP under this fourth republic was not this violent; when former President Kuffour was in power, we did not experience such magnitude of violence in our elections, both primaries and general elections because former President Kuffour is someone who is gentle and sober. But since President Akufo-Addo became the leader of the NPP with his all-die-be-die mantra and the various militant groups, there have never been peace in NPP”, he claimed.
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) held its primaries on Saturday in constituencies it has sitting MPs across the country.
While the process was reported to be largely smooth there were pockets of violence that were recorded in Batama, Effiduase-Asokore, Wulensi, among others.
Speaking on Okay FM’s Ade Akye Abia Morning Show, Sammy Gyamfi said that he was under the impression that President Akufo-Addo has turned over a new leaf when he apologised for his ‘all-die-be-die’ comment, but feared the situation is rather worsening with evidence from the recent NPP primaries.
“Our assessment of the NPP primaries is very bad because it was associated with violence. We have come far as a country in democratic dispensation and so if we are going to the polls internally to elect people in a particular political party and not between political parties and it becomes bloody and chaotic with security agencies involved in brutality as we witnessed in the just ended primaries of the ruling NPP, then it is embarrassment for the country.
“Under Akufo-Addo, the late Chairman Adams was bath with acid to death and they beat and sacked Kwabena Agyepong and Paul Afoko. These are the things they are still doing and it is escalating, getting worse by the day. When it happens like this, it brings disgrace to the entire country and the President who doubles as the leader of the NPP should do something about it and change his way of doing things and make sure that there will be peace in NPP as it is in other political parties. If there is peace in NPP, it will inure to the benefit of the entire country”, he mentioned.
He accused the ruling party of employing vigilante groups to provide protection during the primaries instead of using the services of state security.
“The NPP decided to disrespect the Police Service and pushed them aside for their militant groups to protect their primaries for various candidates and it became an open scuffle and some of the people were beaten mercilessly...others burnt tyres to vent their anger and this is disgraceful...we must condemn it and tell President Akufo-Addo that he has gone overboard in the superintending of violence under his watch, and must stop it”, he accused.
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Akufo-Addo is this, Akufo-Addo is that.....he can't be president, he is divisive, short man devil....all sorts of character assassinations and insults from NDC on the man but still was able to win and become president since 2017 and you are here still using the same ***barred word*** strategy. The man has come with policies that are being felt and yielding results and instead of thinking about similar directional policies you are trying to tag the man as violent so we don't vote for him? Any objective Ghanaian, living here or abroad and taking out tribalism and focusing on real issues to do with this country, would tell you plainly that Akufo-Addo has been a better leader than John Dramani. And if things remain as they are today, come December, Sammy Gyamfi would see clearly how swing/neutral voters compare the 2 parties. Swing voters are objective due to several reasons, not least being the state and management of our economy and corruption which were very, very bad during John Dramani's reign.
It is only in Ghana's Democratic dispensation that you'll find these elements. Though a Ghanaian, I was a member of the "Partij van de Arbeid" PvdA. We're never thought to go out there to insult our opponent in the numerous workshops we're in. The objective was to go out there to tell the masses why the PvdA was a better alternative. After elections, political activities are brought to an end. However political discussions are done by matured minds - the political apprentice are pushed back to continue their workshop experience. Here in my motherland we have the likes of Sammy Gyamfi and Co who do politics 365 days on the calendar. The media should share the blame for giving them the platform to spew their trash instead of going out there to seek and find the troubles facing our motherland, they'll sit in their lazy chairs and called the politician to come and insult their fathers and grandpas. Such politics is never done anywhere and it's about time we sit up as a nation to do what is right.
He has no message so he is resorting to vomit eating.
LISTEN TO THIS GYIM GYIM BOY SAMMY GYAMFI. DO YOU THINK PRESIDENT IS YOUR EQUAL? DO YOU HAVE ANYBODY LIKE HIM IN YOUR FAMILY? GHANA POLITICS, I DO NOT BLAME YOU AT ALL BABIES WITH SHARP TEETH.
THIS SMALL BOY SAMMY GYAMFI AGAIN?BUT WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS BOY?HE IS THE MOST CHEAPEST AND BO-G-U-S POLITICIAN IN GHANA POLITICS TODAY.WHY NDC PRODUCES SUCH C-R-E-A-TU-R-E IN GHANA POLITICS-LORD REDEEM GHANA POLITICS.
gyae gyimi no kakra wai
stuuupid talk
Sammy Gyamfi, the direspect and character assassination will not bring your party to power. please change your style and lets do the debate on tangible issues. tell Ghanaians what you intend to do when given the opportunity and how you will do it. you claim you will do free SHS, NPP is doing it, COVET and NPP is busy on it. just think outside the box and bring innovative social intervention policies you intend to enact. in that way we wil take you serious. please stop the insult as like of Fiiffi Kwertey, Okudjato Ablakwa, Felix Kwakye etc did. this will not earn you power. God is looking down on us all.
Someone should provide counsel to the young man. Maybe the short memory JDM spoke about is worrying him. If Ghanaians listened to these allegation from 2008 to 2016 and took a decision. How is bringing back these going to benefit NDC?
You said all these things yet went ahead to lose the 2016 elections. You have started again going into 2020 election? Is it not possible to change your style?