NPP-USA Strongly Supports “Sir John.”

In a vain and shameful attempt to divert attention from the two year
anniversary of their confused, inept, and chaotic administration, the
deceiving NDC has solicited the aid of “The Lens,” a truth-bankrupt
newspaper, to spread lies about the NPP. In a lie-laden feature not uncommon
in that rag, allegations were leveled against NPP-UK and Ireland as calling
for the removal of NPP General Secretary Kwadwo-Afriyie, popularly known as
“Sir John.” The UK/Ireland Branch of the NPP has consequently issued a
statement denying the allegations and called on The Lens to either produce
its claimed evidence, or retract the story.



NPP-USA would like to take this opportunity to re-state its full and
unwavering support for “Sir John” as our party’s General Secretary. “Sir
John” comes into the pivotal position with a practical understanding of how
to combat the campaign of lies and innuendos that the deceiving NDC has been
unleashing since its inception. NPP-USA wishes to put on record that Mr.
Kwadwo Owusu-Afriyie is a well educated, very intelligent, civil, and God
fearing man. Although he is a highly trained lawyer, his ability to
momentarily depart from his normally eloquent delivery and adjust his stance
in order to wage a battle-in-the-mud with the deceiving NDC and give them a
measurable ‘taste of their own unsavory medicine’ is wrecking untold havoc
to NDC’s politics of bare faced lies, deceit and gross misrepresentation.



It is hypocritical that the NDC party that claims to be a party for the
“common man” always resorts to using derogatory remarks to describe people
who chose to communicate in a language that the ordinary person would
understand. Instead of admiring the linguistic prowess of Mr. Owusu Afriyie
for his ability to speak Twi as flawlessly as he does English, the NDC has
variously described him as uncultured. In fact through its vociferous,
uncultured spokesperson Kobby Acheampong the NDC has described all people
from cocoa growing areas as primitive. Just recently another NDC deputy
minister has demeaned taxi drivers as unfit for ministerial appointments,
and that such appointments can only happen in an NPP administration. Even
tongue-speaking Christians were not spared as NDC’s Tony Aidoo has called
them “crazy.” This penchant for name-calling by agents of the NDC reflects a
lack of sophistication needed to debate the issues.



Until the arrival of “Sir John,” the NPP could be counted upon to react to
NDC’s incessant and relentless trumped up lies and deception machinery
unleashed to replace truth with responses that, while intellectually sound
and accurate, would probably be effective in the courtrooms but may miss the
mark in Main Street. It comes as no surprise, therefore, that an NPP General
Secretary who appears willing to respond in kind to the deceiving NDC finds
himself under siege by the NDC. NPP-USA not only supports “Sir John,” we
encourage him to continue to fight the deceiving NDC boot-for-booth in their
campaign to crudely poison the normally decent political atmosphere in
Ghana.



The NDC is “unGhanaian.” Ghanaians are peace-loving, humble, mostly
truthful, and respectful of others’ rights. These attributes are completely
missing from the playbook of the NDC. How can a person occupying a position
as high as a Regional Minister, for example, instruct supporters at a rally
to “slap’ anyone disagreeing with the government? The unruly behavior and
utterances of the NDC leadership has inspired an unhealthy agitation on the
part of the NDC foot soldiers whose blatant lack of respect for authority
and the rule of law form the basis for the use of violence as their modus
operandi. This is not only morally wrong, it is unlawful and “UNGHANAIAN.”



The NDC is arrogant beyond compare. The dictionary defines “arrogance” as
“an offensive display of superiority or self-importance.” This, after all is
the party who officially “won” the 2008 elections by the slimmest of
margins. Yet it would have Ghanaians believe it is the most important party
in our nation’s history, and that all others are beneath it. The NDC is also
the party of self-righteousness in which, despite its unparalleled
ineptitude, takes uncompromising positions on issues not only to force and
forge an arrogant agenda but stubbornly plunges our country into a forward
march to abject poverty. THAT IS DEPLORABLE, INSENSITIVE AND “UNGHANAIAN.”



When it comes to telling the truth, it is a completely foreign concept to
the NDC. One can spend eternity attempting to remember an issue on which the
deceiving NDC told the entire truth. Recently the Mills-Mahama lying brigade
put out a so-called 50 accomplishments after two years. Among those 50, over
15 were in fact projects initiated or completed by the previous NPP
government. The NDC continues to tell Ghanaians that the previous NPP
government mismanaged the economy. Yet in 2009 its own Finance Minister
wrote a letter, which he thought would not be exposed to the Ghanaian
public, to the World Bank highlighting the tremendous accomplishments in the
last eight years, when NPP was in power, in the area of managing the
economy. That’s not all; President Mills, in an apparent attempt to steal
credit and gain his lost favor in the coastal fishing areas, last week stood
in front of the nation to announce that it was through his personal efforts
as president that the loan was secured for the fishing harbor project. The
problem is that the said loan agreement was signed in 2008, a few months
before Mills became president. THAT IS DECEITFUL, UNBECOMING OF A FIRST
GENTLEMAN AND “UNGHANAIAN.”



The deceiving NDC likes to talk about “justice” as though they respect the
rule of law. In truth their respect for others’ rights makes the Democratic
Republic of North Korea look like the epitome of democracy. These are people
who have hiked import duties to as high as 300%, a ploy designed to
discourage people from clearing the vehicles they have imported into the
country. Then when those vehicles are not claimed, these Castle boys would
impound them and sell them. Another source of inventory for them is seizing
vehicles from the innocent citizens without any warrants or due process.
THAT IS UNLAWFUL, UNFAIR, DISRESPECTFUL AND “UNGHANAIAN.”



The fact is that this out-of-control NDC has been running around spreading
lies and abusing the rights of others with impunity for some time now. And
for a while, the NPP appeared to tolerate their crude behavior. But now, Mr.
Kwadwo Owusu-Afriyie, the NPP General Secretary has decided to hold them in
check. Is it any wonder that he suddenly finds himself under attack from the
NDC and its surrogates? NPP-USA stands by “Sir John” completely and without
equivocation. We deem the trumped up lies on “Sir John” as an affront on the
entire party and urge all Kukrudites to stand in solidarity to condemn the
shameless lies from the deceiving NDC. The toxic nature of NDC’s ‘gutter’
politics is destroying the very fabric of our young democracy. It must be
rejected, sanctioned and denied. That will be the ‘GHANAIAN’ thing to do. That
is what Sir John is doing….!