Lamtiig Apanga, the Upper East Region’s Director of Legal Affairs for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has cautioned President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo against making statements that could be perceived as wishful thinking.
Apanga warned that such remarks could provoke a strong backlash and force the NDC to remind the President of his own history of electoral defeats.
In an interview on GHOne TV on May 23, 2024, Apanga criticized President Akufo-Addo’s comments, stating that it is not within the President’s authority to decide who will succeed him.
He emphasized that the democratic process determines the country’s leadership, not the personal preferences of the incumbent President.
Apanga highlighted President Akufo-Addo’s past electoral defeats, implying that the President’s current stance might lead to unwelcome reminders of his own political struggles.
He noted that the President had lost two or three elections before becoming president and had previously lost primaries to John Agyekum Kufuor.
Apanga warned that if the President continues to make such statements, the NDC will be forced to remind him of his “old wounds.”
He emphasized that the people of Ghana will decide who they want as their next president, not the incumbent President.
Recently, President Akufo-Addo had urged first-time voters to register and vote massively against the NDC flagbearer, John Mahama, in the upcoming elections.
He claimed that Mahama would destroy all the gains his government has made if he comes into power again. However, Apanga and the NDC have taken issue with these statements, labeling them as “wishful thinking” and a attempt to undermine the democratic process.
