NDC denies abusing incumbency

The Presidential spokesperson John Jinapor has parried off reports that the President abused incumbency while he was on his national thank you tour.

The second report of a coalition of NGOs monitoring the abuse of incumbency ahead of the December elections indicts President Mahama of using his Thank You tour of Cape Coast to campaign.

The report also accused NPP flagbearer Nana Akufo Addo of vote buying.

But John Jinapor in an interview with XYZ News said although the Presidency appreciates the work of the coalition of civil society groups in ensuring free and fair elections, the findings are not reflective of what happened.

“The President was very reconciliatory and never attacked any political party. The President did not directly ask people to go and vote for him like we are doing now.

“That Thank You Tour was to ensure that the President garner the people together. If you are to do a proper check of all the statements the President made, it was towards reconciliation it was not political” John Jinapor said.