The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has asked President Akufo-Addo to concentrate on addressing pressing national concerns rather than criticizing the party’s recently concluded cleanup initiative at their flagbearer’s residence.
The NDC’s Deputy National Communications Officer’s, Malik Basintale comments comes after President Akufo-Addo had vehemently denounced the actions, emphasizing that such conduct is inappropriate in the run-up to, or during, the upcoming 2024 elections.
“It is my honest hope that the machetes and weapons brandished last week at the residence of the NDC’s presidential candidate, the former president John Mahama, are not signs of things to come in the run-up to the 2024 elections,” he stated.
He emphasized that such actions will not find success under his watch.
“I want to state for the record that under my watch, no person or group of persons, no matter their political coloration, will destabilize our country nor destroy the peace that all of us are enjoying. It will not happen,” he assured.
The NDC members were captured in viral videos after a purported clean-up exercise on Thursday, November 23, 2023.
However, Mr Basintale urged the president to redirect his focus towards condemning instances of violence that transpired during the 2020 elections
“Our flagbearer’s office, in the lawns, [you] have plants growing, you have roots, you have rodents. And we think that to help President Akufo-Addo succeed in making Accra the cleanest city, we will go to our flagbearer’s house and weed. I don’t see why President Akufo-Addo should go and sit somewhere and talk about people who engage in a cleanup exercise.
“In other words, being the president of the republic there are crucial things he should be speaking about. Savelugu somebody was killed, Ododiodoo somebody was killed. Why hasn’t he spoken about that,” he stated.