*Vote Buying and Violence Characterized NPP's Internal Elections*
The New Patriotic Party is today June 20, 2020 holding parliamentary primaries in some 101 constituencies across the country.Polls opened at 7:00am and expected to close at 1:00 pm
The NPP as a political party is believed to have been borne out of capitalism and therefore places money and material things above the lives of their members.
Today's primaries by the New Patriotic Party would have made some delegates 20,000ghc richer as aspirants were competing to pay more than the other.
For example, aspirants in New Juaben South Constituency saw a contender Michael Okyere Baafi splashing GHC4,000 to each delegate whiles incumbent Mark Assibey-Yeboah giving $1,000 which eventually influences the winning of the candidates with the highest bid.
In some constituencies like Akim Oda, incumbent MP, William Agyapong Quaittoo faced a lot of difficulties to get delegates convinced for some goodies because of his abysmal performance though, he has offered each delegate a flat screen TV, a fridge and an amount of GHC 5,000 a classical case of vote buying.
Not only is the primaries characterized by vote buying but also violence and chaos.
As the saying goes, "you reap what you sow".
The widespread violence exhibited in full public gallery in almost all constituencies today could only be traced to the unabated training of thugs by the ruling NPP to intimidate and cause mayhem in the upcoming General elections.
The rehearsal we are being told about during the attack on innocent citizens by a state sponsored terrorists attired in National Security uniform at Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election has resurfaced in their own internal elections.
Many victims of today's violence wouldn't have been victims of hooliganism if they had all supported the call for an end to vigilantism when the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency by-election violence was visited on innocent, harmless and armless citizens. The NPP defended them without shame and it is time to feel a taste of their own palaver.
The NPP as a political entity remains and continues to exist as a terror in Ghana's political history. The dark days in Ghana's political adminstration begun since the inception of the NPP tradition.
Let not forget how the NPP government just after the 2016 election victory vandalized state organization and agencies in order to take take over from the already existing staff/workers.
Today's primaries in some constituencies was not different from what they are noted for. Our political fortunes shouldn't be at the expense of the lives of the very citizens that bestow power on us.
The world is watching and today's widespread violence epitomizes the breakdown in state security since January 8th, 2017.
Similar vote buying and monetization of the National Delegates Congress held 3 years ago in Koforidua where Hon.Freddie Blay blew over $11 million on 275 buses.
Those buses bought secured him a win as the National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
The NPP clearly believes in moneycracy and today's primaries across the 101 constituencies is not different from what they are noted for.
This has led to the high level of Corruption under this government because most of them must steal in order to be able to contest today's primaries.
God save Ghana.
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