The Communications Director for Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s campaign team representing the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dennis Miracles Aboagye, has dismissed allegations that the party’s presidential candidate, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia is dishonest.
During his interview on Asaase Radio in Accra, he argued that the continual assaults from the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) have led to online algorithms labeling Vice President Bawumia as untruthful, solely based on the frequency of negative content circulating about him.
“What is a lie? If I say for example that if I become President I will build a wall in front of Asaase Radio and I haven’t been able to do it, is it a lie? Is that what will make you call me a liar?
“If that is a lie, then let me tell you, the last time I picked John Mahama’s 2012 manifesto and I looked at it, he had over 1,300 promises that he hasn’t been able to fulfill. Then for us to be able to establish between John Mahama and Bawumia who is a liar we have to pick their manifestos and analyze it,” he said.
Mr Aboagye explained that the internet’s algorithms tend to pick up repeated content, regardless of its accuracy, which has unfairly branded Vice President Bawumia as deceitful.
He asserted that the failure to fulfill every promise outlined in a manifesto does not automatically equate to dishonesty.
Mr Aboagye also drew attention to the fact that if unmet promises were the sole measure of dishonesty, then John Dramani Mahama would surpass Bawumia in that regard based on unfulfilled pledges.
“First of all, apart from the NDC and the opposition political party which is their job, you’ll barely hear any Ghanaian…I think Joy or Multimedia or so did some series on this thing and they realized it was a deliberate orchestration.
“This is the internet, it’s an algorithm, every day as I write Miracles is a thief, it will pop up. Somebody needs to write about 20 articles. There is no fact, there is no evidence, and there is nothing Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has lied about.
There is nothing that Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has lied about.
— Asaase 99.5 (@asaaseradio995) May 6, 2024
Dennis Miracles Aboagye
Communications director, Bawumia campaign#AsaaseRadio pic.twitter.com/IXHa7zZ9mV
No gymnastics can save Bawumia.