The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Emmanuel Nti-Fordjour has condemned what he says, is the smear campaign and deliberate lies being peddled in the Kumawu constituency by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to poison the minds of the electorate and ridicule the NDC's parliamentary candidate in the bye-election.
He said "For once, one would have thought that there would be responsible conduct from all the political actors to ensure clean and healthy campaign for the seat, but this was never to be the case, as the NPP has thrown decency to the wind and plunged into dirty politicking in its desperate bid to win the poll." Mr Nti-Fordjour said these in a statement in Kumasi in reaction to alleged statements made by some leading members of the NPP during the party's campaign rally at Dadiase that the NDC candidate, Mr Richard Martin Osei, stole electricity poles whilst serving as Presiding Member of the Sekyere East District Assembly.
The Ashanti NDC chairman challenged the NPP to either deny or confirm the allegation, adding, "this is too painful and libellous." He reminded his fellow politicians to be mindful of the fact that a person's image is his or her property and that "it would be unfortunate for anyone to assume that he or she could unjustifiably attack the image of another person and get away with it."
Mr Nti-Fordjour described Mr Osei as a gentleman and of high integrity and called on the electorate not to be swayed by the vicious and wild allegations of the NPP. He said "I trust that the good people in the constituency would see through the lies and vote massively for Mr Osei who for several years served as Presiding Member of the district assembly".
The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Emmanuel Nti-Fordjour has condemned what he says, is the smear campaign and deliberate lies being peddled in the Kumawu constituency by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to poison the minds of the electorate and ridicule the NDC's parliamentary candidate in the bye-election.
He said "For once, one would have thought that there would be responsible conduct from all the political actors to ensure clean and healthy campaign for the seat, but this was never to be the case, as the NPP has thrown decency to the wind and plunged into dirty politicking in its desperate bid to win the poll." Mr Nti-Fordjour said these in a statement in Kumasi in reaction to alleged statements made by some leading members of the NPP during the party's campaign rally at Dadiase that the NDC candidate, Mr Richard Martin Osei, stole electricity poles whilst serving as Presiding Member of the Sekyere East District Assembly.
The Ashanti NDC chairman challenged the NPP to either deny or confirm the allegation, adding, "this is too painful and libellous." He reminded his fellow politicians to be mindful of the fact that a person's image is his or her property and that "it would be unfortunate for anyone to assume that he or she could unjustifiably attack the image of another person and get away with it."
Mr Nti-Fordjour described Mr Osei as a gentleman and of high integrity and called on the electorate not to be swayed by the vicious and wild allegations of the NPP. He said "I trust that the good people in the constituency would see through the lies and vote massively for Mr Osei who for several years served as Presiding Member of the district assembly".
