Politics 101: A simple advice to redeem NPP by TonyPM

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DO THE RIGHT THING 12 years ago

My good friend, you have given a free of charge laudable advice to our NPP politicians, but l doubt if they are ready to listen and not commend or welcome your advice with insults. They must start planning for 2016 and it mus ...
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My good friend, you have given a free of charge laudable advice to our NPP politicians, but l doubt if they are ready to listen and not commend or welcome your advice with insults. They must start planning for 2016 and it must be now or they should forget ever wining election again in Ghana. Especially, now that they are giving "Sate of the Nation Address in opposition".
KOLA, LONDON INSIDE PROPER 12 years ago

I mean are you Mr. Pobee Really there? In fact Mr. Pobee, I really don't think you are 'there'.....

What is natural Constituencies? Anyway to the point. As far as statistics are concerned NPP has never won Central, Western ...
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I mean are you Mr. Pobee Really there? In fact Mr. Pobee, I really don't think you are 'there'.....

What is natural Constituencies? Anyway to the point. As far as statistics are concerned NPP has never won Central, Western and Brong Ahafo. May be the NPP might have won in the regional capitals in these regions but not the entire regions..

Mr Wansema Pobee should know that Western, Central and Brong Ahafo regions were captured by the NDC through the efforts of JJ Rawalings and they have since remained NDC 'natural constituencies'......hahahahahahahahahahaha

But....But your advice should be a welcome package for the NPP, good advice..
Ronny 12 years ago

AS FOR YOU "DR",WHEN I READ YOUR ARTICLES THEN I BECOME "BR3K3T33".DR,KEEP ON BR3K3T33YING ME.I AM WITH YOU.THE ELDERS SAY "WHERE IGNORANCE IS BLISS, IT IS FOOLY TO BE WISE ".CORRECT ME O DR,IF I SAID IT RIGHT. AS FOR YOUR EN ...
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AS FOR YOU "DR",WHEN I READ YOUR ARTICLES THEN I BECOME "BR3K3T33".DR,KEEP ON BR3K3T33YING ME.I AM WITH YOU.THE ELDERS SAY "WHERE IGNORANCE IS BLISS, IT IS FOOLY TO BE WISE ".CORRECT ME O DR,IF I SAID IT RIGHT. AS FOR YOUR ENGLISH, I CAN'T GO THERE.
K. B 12 years ago

Your advice is good but npp and akufo addo will not take it. They have already lost 2016 elections.

Your advice is good but npp and akufo addo will not take it. They have already lost 2016 elections.
K. B 12 years ago

Your advice is good but npp and akufo addo will not take it. They have already lost 2016 elections.

Your advice is good but npp and akufo addo will not take it. They have already lost 2016 elections.
John Dek 12 years ago

It is too simplistic to conclude that once the results are declared and the president in power the court cannot rule that the EC was wrong in its declaration.
Your conclusion must be based on the facts available but not just ...
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It is too simplistic to conclude that once the results are declared and the president in power the court cannot rule that the EC was wrong in its declaration.
Your conclusion must be based on the facts available but not just from the fact that the events have already taken place.
ABU OKYEMAN .KYEBI 12 years ago

IF GHANA BECOMES ONE PARTY STATES THERE WILL BE NO PARLIAMENT.HOW ABOUT THAT ,.MAHAMA IS A THIEF.WE SHALL FIGHT UNTILL HIS DISGRACE COMES OUT FOR HIM TO SUCCUMB.

IF GHANA BECOMES ONE PARTY STATES THERE WILL BE NO PARLIAMENT.HOW ABOUT THAT ,.MAHAMA IS A THIEF.WE SHALL FIGHT UNTILL HIS DISGRACE COMES OUT FOR HIM TO SUCCUMB.
kafui 12 years ago

excellent advise

excellent advise
Paul Amuna 12 years ago

What you need in a leader of the kind you refer to is to build a team around them and to have a clear and focused vision for where they wish to take the country and people with them. They must be ONE-NATION types and beyond t ...
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What you need in a leader of the kind you refer to is to build a team around them and to have a clear and focused vision for where they wish to take the country and people with them. They must be ONE-NATION types and beyond tribal politics and cheap, negative political point-scoring without concrete ideas about how to make things different and better. They must have a plan, a credible plan for which details of policies etc. will be fleshed out over time in preparation for the election push. Whilst all this is going on, they must be recognized and officially elected by their party and offered the support from across the party constituencies to be respected and well supported. I disagree with you that for the NPP such a person should be found in the Western, Central or Brong Ahafo region.

That approach to me is part of the problem the NPP is currently grappling with. What the party needs is a leader of substance, IRRESPECTIVE of region. Currently NPP's limitation lies in the way they have built their party up to be skewed only in certain regions and not others, unlike e.g. the NDC which can identify and pick their leaders from any part of the country and no one will be surprised about that. Having said that, I am yet to see the NDC select an Asante as their leader, this perhaps being as unlikely as it is for the NPP to choose someone from the Volta region as their leader, given present realities within these two parties!!!

Finally your point about the danger of a one party system is unfounded and will only happen in fact, if the opposition (be it NPP and /or other parties) post-2016, were they to lose the elections, to continue down this stupid path of destruction and refusing to work as a credible opposition. That need not be the case, and will certainly not be good for Ghana's democracy. However it is worth 'educating' the opposition about their important role in ensuring good governance and political accountability in the country, a responsibility which thus far, has been shirked by the current crop who seem to think only in terms of amassing power, not contributing to running the country. In short, they are giving the government a 'free ride' whilst simply 'shouting on the rooftop'. It reminds me of the near destruction of the UK Labour party which allowed Margaret Thatcher and the Conservative party to run the country (some will say run it down) for 18 years from 1979 till 1997 when they were able to rebuild the party and win back power.
TonyPM 12 years ago

Your points are well taken. We may not agree on everything, but we are making a contribution, I believe. Thanks

Your points are well taken. We may not agree on everything, but we are making a contribution, I believe. Thanks

Paul Amuna 12 years ago

Agreed!

Agreed!

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