Mr. Camillus Maalneriba-Tia Sakzeesi, a National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) Cadre, has condemned recent violent activities involving party supporters around the country, indicating that they must desist from such illegal practices.
Mr. Sakzeeki, speaking to the Ghana News Agency (GNA), said it was worrying to watch on television and hear in the news the illegal activities some NDC supporters were engaging in after the party won the 2024 elections.
He said the supporters must recognise that the election was not won with only their votes, but rather it was the anger of Ghanaians that gave the NDC the victory, christening the win as “rebellious ballots.”
He encouraged supporters who have evidence of wrongdoing to report to the relevant state security agencies instead of taking the law into their hands, as doing so meant using an illegal way to correct an illegality.
“We need to be grateful to the entire Ghanaians rather than the support base of the NDC. I think from the way we have started, we are pushing people to regret ever voting for the party. The NDC is not safe. What is happening now? If we don’t take care, we could be losing the 2028 elections ahead of time.”
Touching on appointments, he commended President John Dramani Mahama for the excellent appointments he has made so far, stating, however, that supporters must understand that it was impossible for all the about eight million supporters of the party to get appointments or a share of the national kitty.
Mr. Sakzeeki urged the supporters to follow the steps of the cadres who selflessly worked for the party without looking for personal gains, indicating that they pride themselves in the fact that they gave birth to the fourth republic, which has lasted for many years.
“Yes, we disrupted the democratic system in 1981, but with people who managed to calm the whole situation and reintroduced the most successful constitutional governance that has survived for over 30 years. Forget about those who want to gather wealth for themselves,” he added.
He called for change in the way some supporters want to grab wealth for themselves, stressing that “there must be a change and the party must not encourage it, the party must stamp its feet. What about the other Ghanaians who are not NDC members but they voted for the party?”
He called on the NDC party faithful to work for the government’s success, noting that if the economy was well run, all Ghanaians could benefit from the good policies that would turn it around.
“Not all of us can get to the national kitty, but we can help the government to succeed through good governance and policies that can improve the economy so that the benefit can trickle down to those who go to the market to buy things to make food for the family instead of personal benefits,” Mr. Sakzeeki emphasised.
GNA
