Uphold the people’s will in 2016 – Nana Addo tells EC

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CHA 9 years ago

Ghanaians are tired of NDC

Ghanaians are tired of NDC
Madzia 9 years ago

There will be more than 7 million people on the streets of the whole of Ghana if the Ec messes around next year , including the so called 250000 ghost voters who voted abroad.

There will be more than 7 million people on the streets of the whole of Ghana if the Ec messes around next year , including the so called 250000 ghost voters who voted abroad.
TK 9 years ago

Nana, do you mean if you loose the election again EC to declare you a wnner or what?NPP has started their confussion again.God our lord is watching.

Nana, do you mean if you loose the election again EC to declare you a wnner or what?NPP has started their confussion again.God our lord is watching.
SGT ANANI FIADZOE 9 years ago

Tofiakwa, don't think NPP is going to
loose the coming 2016 General Elections,
no way, Nana Akuffo Addo is our credible and disciplined President elect even before the elections are taking place.

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Tofiakwa, don't think NPP is going to
loose the coming 2016 General Elections,
no way, Nana Akuffo Addo is our credible and disciplined President elect even before the elections are taking place.

Any body who thinks NPP will loose
the 2016 elections, because they (NDC)
will influence the voters with money,
Bentoa, salt, sardine, rice, cutlasses, roofing sheets and other
materials to get their votes is just
an idiot.
OLD SOLDIER 9 years ago

When Kwaku Baako informed us about the atrocities of Kwesi Pratt during PNDC Regime, some of us did not believe until the truth was confirmed during the NRC. Kwesi Pratt is the most dangerous Journalist Ghana had ever have, h ...
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When Kwaku Baako informed us about the atrocities of Kwesi Pratt during PNDC Regime, some of us did not believe until the truth was confirmed during the NRC. Kwesi Pratt is the most dangerous Journalist Ghana had ever have, he had the gut to recommend his fellow journalists to be executed by PNDC. Pratt even recommended Baako to be killed by the regime, thank God Baako was instead touchered violently and severely but his life was spared. This is what Kwesi Pratt can do. Now Pratt is a secret agent to NDC and US Embassy in Ghana. May God forgive Pratt and spare him the untold evils that will come upon him and his generations. The souls of those journalist killed through Pratt's recommendations to PNDC will never forgive Pratt. Now Pratt has the guts to take Diplomatic Passport and smuggled his weak-headed children to work at the Ministries under Mills NDC, may God forgive Pratt and his dependance and spare them of the evils ahead of them...
K-SWITCH 9 years ago

THE SILENT MAJORITY PREFERS THE NDC OVER PRIMITIVE NANA SHORTINGO AND BUNCH OF TROGLODYTES.

THE SILENT MAJORITY PREFERS THE NDC OVER PRIMITIVE NANA SHORTINGO AND BUNCH OF TROGLODYTES.
MAHAMA KILLED MILLS!!!!!! 9 years ago

ONLY FOOLS AND WITCHES STILL WANT THIS EVIL AND DEMONIC MAHAMA

ONLY FOOLS AND WITCHES STILL WANT THIS EVIL AND DEMONIC MAHAMA
AB 9 years ago

IDIOT. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN ANY OF NANA'SOUTH CHILDREN? BURN YOURSELF FAMILY

IDIOT. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN ANY OF NANA'SOUTH CHILDREN? BURN YOURSELF FAMILY
OBIBA ANSAH 9 years ago

A FOOL LIKE YOU SHOULD HAVE NOT BEEN BORN BY YOUR MOTHER. MAY BE YOU SHOULD COME AGAIN AS 'okusie' -RAT. BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT FIT TO BE AMONG HUMANS. YOU SHOULD BE CHASED IN YOUR DARK HOLE, WHERE YOU BELIEVED YOU COME FROM.! H ...
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A FOOL LIKE YOU SHOULD HAVE NOT BEEN BORN BY YOUR MOTHER. MAY BE YOU SHOULD COME AGAIN AS 'okusie' -RAT. BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT FIT TO BE AMONG HUMANS. YOU SHOULD BE CHASED IN YOUR DARK HOLE, WHERE YOU BELIEVED YOU COME FROM.! HA, HA, HA,AAAAA.TWEEAAAAA
BBC NEWS! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 9 years ago

Nana Akanfuo Binaddo must be ashamed of his ugly self , for endangering the life's of school kids at his shameful demonstration. Why Nana using the school kids as his shield ? Shame on him for using these innocent school kids ...
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Nana Akanfuo Binaddo must be ashamed of his ugly self , for endangering the life's of school kids at his shameful demonstration. Why Nana using the school kids as his shield ? Shame on him for using these innocent school kids for his political tricks, he will never be the president of my country Ghana
Mahmoud 9 years ago

Author: Kafui Ama
Date: 2009-07-23 01:44:06

Please be patient and read this to the end.

By Craig Murray, former Deputy British High Commisssioner to Ghana | Posted: Tuesday, January 20, 2009

. It was November ...
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Author: Kafui Ama
Date: 2009-07-23 01:44:06

Please be patient and read this to the end.

By Craig Murray, former Deputy British High Commisssioner to Ghana | Posted: Tuesday, January 20, 2009

. It was November 1999 and I'd been Deputy High Commissioner in Ghana for almost a year - the culmination of 15 years' Foreign Office service in Nigeria, Warsaw and the equatorial Africa department in London.

I'd always been passionate about Africa and had immersed myself in its minutiae. Nevertheless, my father, who had a timber yard in Ghana in the Sixties, offered a little extra counsel before I departed, aged 40. 'If you see any good-looking girl, aged about 30, light skinned, whatever you do, don't touch her - she could be your sister!'

Not that this was a big concern for me. My most pressing duty was the 1999 State Visit by the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, Enhanced Coverage Linking the Duke of Edinburgh, -Search using: Biographies Plus News, Most Recent 60 Days, accompanied by Robin Cook, the then Foreign Secretary. It was a three-day blur of activity, the teeming crowds displaying an uncomplicated and old-fashioned reverence.

A warning that the Duke was averse to looking at things without useful purpose proved absolutely right. As we stood looking at the strip of brass laid in a churchyard that marked the line of the Greenwich Meridian, he said to me: 'A line in the ground, eh? Very nice.'

Ghana epitomises much of the best of Africa, but also throws into relief the tragedy of the continent. It has maintained its higher education and has fewer extremes of wealth than elsewhere. But at independence in 1957, Ghana was richer than Argentina, Brazil, Malaysia or Singapore. Today, those countries are at least ten times as wealthy.

Corruption, cronyism, economic mismanagement, irresponsible lending by the West and the dumping of cheap food all did for Ghana. When I arrived with my wife Fiona and children Jamie and Emily, Ghana had been ruled for 20 years by Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings.

The son of a Stirlingshire pharmacist and a local woman, he seized power in a coup in 1979, but claimed to have won presidential elections in 1992 and 1996, despite allegations of vote-rigging.
In his early years, Rawlings unleashed a political terror on Ghana. His campaign against the middle classes resembled Mao's Cultural Revolution. People were persecuted for having savings or two indoor lavatories. Market women were sometimes killed for 'profiteering'.

The Queen's visit delighted Rawlings, who craved international respectability. I, too, was determined to make the most of the trip, by helping ensure Rawlings gave up power by the start of 2001, as the constitution required because he had served two four-year terms.

The Queen's speech to the parliament in the capital, Accra, was to be the focus of the visit and I had contributed to its drafting. It contained the usual guff about a future based upon partnership, but there was a sting in the tail. 'Next, year, Mr President,' the Queen intoned, 'you will step down after two terms in office in accordance with your constitution.' The opposition benches went wild and the Queen stopped, looking in bewilderment at the hullabaloo.

Afterwards, Robin Cook was furious. 'It's a disaster. Who the hell drafted that?'

'Er, I did, Secretary of State,' I said. 'I might have guessed! Who the hell approved it?' 'You did.' Cook's Private Secretary had to dig out the draft he had signed. After the State banquet, I retired to a hotel bar with the Royal Household. The senior staff had withdrawn to allow the butlers, footmen and hairdressers to let off steam.

The party appeared, to a man, to be gay. Not just gay, but outrageously camp. We'd taken the hotel for the Royal party, but allowed the British Airways crew to stay. Now three cabin stewards, two Royal footmen and a Royal hairdresser were grouped around the piano singing hits from Cabaret. I was seated on a sofa and across from me in an armchair was a member of the Household who seemed out of place. The valet looked to be in his 60s, a grizzled NCO with tufts of hair either side of a bald pate, a boxer's nose and tattoos on his arms.

He was smoking roll-ups. I turned to the old warrior and said: 'Don't you find all this a bit strange sometimes?' He lent forward, put his hand on my bare knee below the kilt I wore on ceremonial occasions and said: 'Listen, ducks. I was in the Navy for 30 years.' I think he was joking, but some things are too weird even for me. The lower reaches of the Royal Household are one of them.

One enjoyable aspect of our time in Ghana was the constant stream of visitors. Among them was Peter Hain, the Minister for Africa. Hain, a good footballer, agreed to play in a charity match between children from a community football scheme and the High Commission.

Unfortunately, the ground was hard and the opposition turned out to be super-fit professionals. After a heavy tackle, I went down. Result: a dislocated shoulder. I couldn't move my arm for eight weeks. Other visitors included Clare Short, at the time Secretary of State for International Development.

She was in Ghana to try to persuade it to join a debt relief scheme. At a dinner for her, a Minister had made a speech about how much Ghana had learnt from the British Empire. Short stood up and expostulated: 'The British Empire! Don't tell me about the British Empire. I know about British colonialism. My father was Irish and we know about British colonialism. I'll tell you what the British did to your country. They exploited it, that's what they did. They exploited it.' After a few moments of stunned silence, the dinner continued.

On another occasion we were joined by Bobby Charlton, who came to Ghana seeking support for England's bid to host the 2006 World Cup. He was still an astounding player at 60 and it was good of him to get on the pitch for a local community football programme. Nevertheless, I found Charlton disappointing. He was self-centred and ratty - one of those heroes you wish you hadn't met.

Conversely, Roger Moore, a UNICEF goodwill ambassador, was charming and suave, just as you would expect, with a fund of brilliant stories beginning with lines such as: 'One day, Frank, Dean, Tony and I decided to play a trick on Marilyn ... ' He was also well briefed about children's issues in Ghana and was prepared not just to do PR, but to get his hands dirty helping in refugee camps without a camera in sight.

I was less taken with Jamie Theakston.

The BBC were filming a wildlife programme in Ghana, looking at the endangered green turtle population near Ada. A group of young volunteers had accompanied the BBC team to help the newly-born turtles to reach the ocean. But one girl, in her mid-20s, had streams of mascara running down her cheeks. She claimed Theakston had just broken up with her - yet here he was, surrounded by young women, enjoying the adulation.

I had bigger concerns, however. Ghana's presidential and parliamentary elections were due in December 2000 and there were signs that its 11 million voters might be preparing for a change of government. Enthusiasm for politics was everywhere. Even in the meanest village, people gathered under the banyan tree listening to FM stations on a battered transistor and arguing about the coming change.

In the West, tired of our politicians' deceit, we no longer much value democracy. It is wonderful to see a people exercising for the first time their power over those who would govern them. Our job was to see the elections were free and fair, with Britain funding a £10 million programme for photo-ID cards to reduce electoral fraud. The exercise eradicated one million fake names.

Another practical new weapon was indelible ink: when somebody voted, their thumb was painted to stop them casting more than one vote. India was the only source of a truly permanent ink that could not be washed or rubbed off. I had also persuaded the Foreign Office to provide experts from the Electoral Reform Society. Further valuable additions were two British MPs, Roger Gale and Nigel Jones.

Rawlings's party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), put up the vice President, John Atta Mills, as its presidential candidate. The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) fielded John Kufuor. There is a tribal element in Ghanaian politics: the Ewe people vote overwhelmingly NDC; the Ashanti overwhelmingly NPP.

It was clear the governing party would not abandon power easily. Alarmed that it would lose, it had the high court declare the ID cards illegal because they disenfranchised legitimate voters. But the ruling was to no avail - the people took over. Polling station officers decided they were going to use ID cards anyway.

When first- round votes on December 7 were tallied; Kufuor had 48.4 per cent against Atta Mills's 44.8 per cent. The opposition was heading for a small majority but, with no candidate exceeding 50 per cent, a run- off was required. Ghana's 30 or so FM stations were vital in bringing democracy, so it was no surprise that the NDC moved against them.

On the evening before the poll, I took Roger Gale and Nigel Jones to visit Joy FM, possibly Ghana's most influential station. We were sitting in the office when an armed posse of Rawlings's security men arrived, saying they were closing the station on the President's instructions.

‘Good evening,' I said. ‘I am Craig Murray, Deputy British High Commissioner, and these gentlemen are Mr Roger Gale MP and Mr Nigel Jones MP, members of the British Parliament.' Gale added: ' Obviously there has been some mistake.

I thought I heard you say that you were closing down the station, but we are here to visit our fellow democracy, Ghana, and democracies don't close down radio stations.' The goons left. Joy FM never was closed. However, the NDC started to think I was a part of their problem and they assigned a secret service team to follow me around.

As the second round on December 28 approached, we discovered a problem: not enough Indian ink. We had paid for more, but it had to be specially made and would not be ready until December 24. This was cutting it tight and action was needed. Chartering a private plane to set off from India on Christmas Eve was easier said than done. Whitehall was in festive mode and unlikely to sanction spending quickly, so I used the Embassy's budget to pay for it.

Ghana's government did not want the Indian ink to get in and I was concerned it would be delayed by customs officials. So on Christmas Day 2000, instead of eating turkey, I stood baking on the airport tarmac. When our plane taxied in, we unloaded the boxes of little ink bottles on to two trucks. I escorted these out of the VIP gateway, helped by a substantial tip to the guards.

The truck drivers then delivered the ink to regional centres for distribution to constituencies. This was a game being played for high stakes, with real danger of civil war.

Hotheads in the ruling party might claim electoral fraud and mount a military takeover. The Ashanti could also react violently to losing. Every embassy was updating evacuation plans. Around 1am, the results started to come in. There was a more or less consistent swing to the opposition candidate, John Kufuor. You could have cut the atmosphere with a knife.

The coolest man in Ghana that night was the wry, chain-smoking Electoral Commissioner, Kwadwo Afari- Gyan, who received constant threatening phone calls instructing him to fix the result. Each time, the Electoral Commissioner replied: ' The result will be what the result will be. I am just making sure it is fairly counted.' Then, taking his umpteenth call, he stiffened. He summoned me to listen: it was his wife. Soldiers had come to their bungalow, taking her and his children hostage and threatening to kill them if he did not deliver the ' right' result.

Kwadwo barked down the phone: ' Put their leader on.' ‘Listen you little *****,' he snarled. 'How dare you come to my house and threaten my wife and children. I am sitting here with the British Deputy High Commissioner and he knows what is happening. Now get out of my home before we have you thrown into jail!' The soldier said: ' Yes, sir; sorry, sir.' Kwadwo then told his wife not to worry and calmly returned to his work.

By 3am on the second night only two constituencies were still to declare. Even if every voter there went for Atta Mills, Kufuor could still not be beaten.

The opposition had won - an African country ... had shown that democratic change could be achieved peacefully. Kufuor's eight years as President saw economic growth of more than 70 per cent - the first prolonged period since independence when Ghana was not getting poorer. But Ghanaians chose to exercise their democratic right to change and earlier this month narrowly elected Atta Mills.

Ghana is the only country in Africa to achieve the democratic norm of power alternating peacefully between parties at successive uninterrupted elections.

As I look back on my involvement with Africa over 30 years, I remain most proud of helping Ghanaians to attain democracy. It is an example that sadly, the rest of the continent has so far done little to follow.

But Ghana remains there - a glimmer of hope, an example to others and a rebuke to cynics who claim democracy is not possible in Africa.
Rushmore 9 years ago

I don't want a short man to be president of ghana.

I don't want a short man to be president of ghana.
KOLA, LONDON PROPER 9 years ago

Looking at them posing for the camera reminds me of nothing than pure backward bush scarab beatle,the beatle without common sense and a brain.

Just look at Akuffo Addo in the picture, just a perfect empty headed rascal.

Looking at them posing for the camera reminds me of nothing than pure backward bush scarab beatle,the beatle without common sense and a brain.

Just look at Akuffo Addo in the picture, just a perfect empty headed rascal.
NO NONSENSE TAKER 9 years ago

"menso medi president" is not a trip to Mecca to become Alhaji

"menso medi president" is not a trip to Mecca to become Alhaji
C A K Konduah 9 years ago

Please be careful you're insulting all the good people of Ghana who are SHORT. NDC why insult? Vote for NPP 2016 please

Please be careful you're insulting all the good people of Ghana who are SHORT. NDC why insult? Vote for NPP 2016 please
ELINAM 9 years ago

Will you go to war if the ppl's will turned out to be for NDC? Things can change.
Dumsor might change and petrol might come down and ppl may forget.
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Will you go to war if the ppl's will turned out to be for NDC? Things can change.
Dumsor might change and petrol might come down and ppl may forget.
Nana should start telling Ghanaians how differently he could turn around things and also what is his plan to get the criminals who looted the nation instead of hoping on the anger of today. That might change and the ppl will forget.
Nnn 9 years ago

I am just wodering why we have so many generators in Ghana today. Did the acquisition of these items in private homes begin with the NDC govt? Which of the senior boys and girls do not have generators in their homes?

I am just wodering why we have so many generators in Ghana today. Did the acquisition of these items in private homes begin with the NDC govt? Which of the senior boys and girls do not have generators in their homes?
Omanba Pa, Islington -London 9 years ago

Whoever put dumsor-dumsor problem on NPP is a typical fool and does not understand politics.

Whoever put dumsor-dumsor problem on NPP is a typical fool and does not understand politics.
NPP WILL CREATE RAIN TO FILL OUR DAMS 9 years ago

NPP WILL CREATE RAIN TO FILL OUR DAMS

Heeeeeeee heee heeee

NPP WILL CREATE RAIN TO FILL OUR DAMS

Heeeeeeee heee heeee
mRNA + tRNA 9 years ago

Are you kidding me! What happened to your mind on 2008 and 2010? Didn't EC uphold the people's will? You rejected the people's will and wanted to go to war. Kill the same people you wanted to rule. As if that was not enough, ...
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Are you kidding me! What happened to your mind on 2008 and 2010? Didn't EC uphold the people's will? You rejected the people's will and wanted to go to war. Kill the same people you wanted to rule. As if that was not enough, on 2010 again you rejected the people's will and went to court. Wasting the same people's will. Do you think we are fools? The people's will is "you can not be a president in Ghana." A pure psychopath like you. What a pathetic old man whose becoming president had made you a fool.

Good night and good luck!
Neutral Zone 9 years ago

The people's will was upheld the last election. Nobody should b president by winning in 2 regions.

The people's will was upheld the last election. Nobody should b president by winning in 2 regions.
Nana kelewele _Lawra 9 years ago

Npp note,u need all the ,10 ,regions to come to power and not those regions with the resources only. Anyway it is good we heard this . We shall see in 2016

Npp note,u need all the ,10 ,regions to come to power and not those regions with the resources only. Anyway it is good we heard this . We shall see in 2016
BBC NEWS! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 9 years ago

Just look at their faces? How can we leave President Mahama and vote for that thing? We don't want any ROTTEN YAM to be our president , Apuuutor!!!

Just look at their faces? How can we leave President Mahama and vote for that thing? We don't want any ROTTEN YAM to be our president , Apuuutor!!!
Close Observer 9 years ago

RAWLINGS AND KWESI BOTCHWEH MADE GHANA A HIGHLY INDEBTED POOR COUNTRY, HIPC. KUFOUR GOT US OUT. TODAY, MAHAMA AND HIS SCHOOL BOYS HAVE TAKEN US THERE AGAIN. VOTE THE SUB-STANDARD NDC GOVERNMENT OUT IN 2016.

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RAWLINGS AND KWESI BOTCHWEH MADE GHANA A HIGHLY INDEBTED POOR COUNTRY, HIPC. KUFOUR GOT US OUT. TODAY, MAHAMA AND HIS SCHOOL BOYS HAVE TAKEN US THERE AGAIN. VOTE THE SUB-STANDARD NDC GOVERNMENT OUT IN 2016.

IF YOU HAVE LIED TO THE VOTER THAT YOU ARE A COMPETENT WORKER AND YOUR COMPETITOR IS NOT GOOD, AS A RESULT OF WHICH YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE JOB, WHY DO YOU ASK FOR IDEAS FROM THE VERY ONE YOU CONDEMNED TO WIN THE JOB? ARE YOU NOT ASHAMED, OR YOU TAKE THE PEOPLE OF GHANA FOR FOOLS?.
WE NEED SENSIBLE AND EXPERIENCE PEOPLE TO LEAD GHANA. VOTE THE USELESS NDC PARTY OUT IN 2016. MAHAMA DOES NOT KNOW WHAT HE IS DOING. HE IS ONLY CELEBRATING THE POSITION HE HAS. VOTE HIM OUT IN 2016.

WE HAVE NO SNOW TO DEAL WITH. NO BITTER COLD TEMPERATURE TO DEAL WITH. People who have these 80% of the year have developed their countries and made life comfortable for themselves.
WE HAVE GOLD, DIAMOND, OIL, GOOD LAND FOR FARMING, WE ARE NOT LANDLOCKED AND WE HAVE TIMBER. We however have THIEVES IN POLITICS and 90% LAZY AND FOOLISH CITIZENS; so with all the good things we have been blessed with that can make life comfortable, WE ARE POOR. IT IS DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND. Every foolish person who goes into politics thinks even without any tangible contribution to the development of Ghana, deserve FREE CAR, FREE PETROL, POLICE ESCORT, FREE ACCOMMODATION, LOTS OF CASH REWARDS, A HOUSE BOY AND ANOTHER HUGE SUM OF MONEY AFTER THEIR TERM IN OFFICE FOR MAKING GHANAIANS EVEN POORER.

ARE WE NOT FOOLISH?

If you are not sure of the answer, look at the EUROPEANS AND NORTH AMERICANS. They don't have the FAVOURABLE WEATHER WE HAVE ALL YEAR ROUND, BUT THEY HAVE DEVELOPED THEIR COUNTRIES. So in conclusion, WE ARE VERY FOOLISH. IN FACT, VERY, VERY FOOLISH AND LAZY
MAHAMA KILLED MILLS!!!!!! 9 years ago

FOOLS AND WITCHES LIKE YOU VOTE BY FACES, NOT BY COMMONSE SENSE AND ISSUES AT STAKE!! THAT'S WHY GHANA WILL NEVER EVER DEVELOP!!!!

FOOLS AND WITCHES LIKE YOU VOTE BY FACES, NOT BY COMMONSE SENSE AND ISSUES AT STAKE!! THAT'S WHY GHANA WILL NEVER EVER DEVELOP!!!!
Joseph Ganyobi 9 years ago

Dreamers and Dreamr. ...trouble Malians

Dreamers and Dreamr. ...trouble Malians
ok 9 years ago

desperation is a major disease . nana addo will cry in 2016

desperation is a major disease . nana addo will cry in 2016
Yen Akanfuo 9 years ago

As for evil dwarf consistently inconsistent. After losing a free and fair you want to manipulate the judicial system so that verdict of the people can be changed in your favour. You are indeed devilish. God is watching you.

As for evil dwarf consistently inconsistent. After losing a free and fair you want to manipulate the judicial system so that verdict of the people can be changed in your favour. You are indeed devilish. God is watching you.
JOHN SMITH 9 years ago

GHANAIANS ARE FOOLS. WHY DO YOU VOTE FOR NDC WITH A RECORD OF BEING CORRUPT AND VISIONLESS AND YET YOU ARE COMPLANING. FOOLS.

GHANAIANS ARE FOOLS. WHY DO YOU VOTE FOR NDC WITH A RECORD OF BEING CORRUPT AND VISIONLESS AND YET YOU ARE COMPLANING. FOOLS.
Nii SA 9 years ago

Keep on saying these things. We will continue to vote for them. Keep insulting Ghanaians.

Keep on saying these things. We will continue to vote for them. Keep insulting Ghanaians.
VOICE OF REASON 9 years ago

He has the brains,he has the passion,he has the pedigree,he has the panache,he has the diplomacy,he has the gravitas,he has the charisma,he has the energy,he has has the commitment and he has the love for country....to make G ...
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He has the brains,he has the passion,he has the pedigree,he has the panache,he has the diplomacy,he has the gravitas,he has the charisma,he has the energy,he has has the commitment and he has the love for country....to make Ghana the shinning star of Africa.
new 9 years ago

akuffo addo is your father not my father. if nkrumah refused who is dwarf akuffo addo.

akuffo addo is your father not my father. if nkrumah refused who is dwarf akuffo addo.
AB 9 years ago

There are people who have more than 100 times of all you've mentioned to justify nana becoming a president but that doesn't necessarily make them presidential material. If not Bill Gates would have been American president.

There are people who have more than 100 times of all you've mentioned to justify nana becoming a president but that doesn't necessarily make them presidential material. If not Bill Gates would have been American president.
VOICE OF REASON 9 years ago

2 Things NPP must insist are done if they are serious about winning 2016 Elections:
1. Insist on a new voters register
2. That they have a say as to who takes over from the disgraced and discredited Afari Gyan

2 Things NPP must insist are done if they are serious about winning 2016 Elections:
1. Insist on a new voters register
2. That they have a say as to who takes over from the disgraced and discredited Afari Gyan
AB 9 years ago

Afari Grange wasn't disgraced and discredited when kuffour was announced the winner. SHAME ON YOU

Afari Grange wasn't disgraced and discredited when kuffour was announced the winner. SHAME ON YOU
Eko 9 years ago

For better or worse I hope the NPP respect the will of the people and the work the EC do. Not act like spoilt children who throw their toys out of the pram when democracy does not go their way and try to stir up trouble. Nana ...
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For better or worse I hope the NPP respect the will of the people and the work the EC do. Not act like spoilt children who throw their toys out of the pram when democracy does not go their way and try to stir up trouble. Nana Addo even looks the part of an overgrown infant.

The NDC have been insipid and shown poor leadership but ask yourself why both parties cry so much when the election does not go their way? It is the tears of children who are worried about being denied the proverbial cookie jar of the national coffers if they get into power.

All politicians are bad - some are worse than others, but never kid yourself. It is impartial institutions like the EC that truly protect us.
Kwame 9 years ago

There is power in the bush they come from..why don't they go back there...and lift the burden of power supply on the capital..back to the bush
..go back to the bush ..There is enough electricity supply tbere...

There is power in the bush they come from..why don't they go back there...and lift the burden of power supply on the capital..back to the bush
..go back to the bush ..There is enough electricity supply tbere...
Konadu 9 years ago

The people will say no again in 2016 and you will hear it loud and clear.

The people will say no again in 2016 and you will hear it loud and clear.
NPP WILL CREATE RAIN TO FILL OUR DAMS 9 years ago

NPP WILL CREATE RAIN TO FILL OUR DAMS

NPP WILL CREATE RAIN TO FILL OUR DAMS

Haaaaaa haaa haha heeee heeee

NPP WILL CREATE RAIN TO FILL OUR DAMS

NPP WILL CREATE RAIN TO FILL OUR DAMS

Haaaaaa haaa haha heeee heeee
DEPORT FOREIGN MUSLIMS 9 years ago

REMEMBER WHITE MAN HAS NO TIME TO WAIT FOR THE RAIN TO GET ELECTRICITY . THE SOLAR IS BEST .

REMEMBER WHITE MAN HAS NO TIME TO WAIT FOR THE RAIN TO GET ELECTRICITY . THE SOLAR IS BEST .
Nana kelewele _Lawra 9 years ago

Nana the 72 ,years olu could not walk during the demonstration and was forced to sit in a car. So how can he campaigned in 2016?

Nana the 72 ,years olu could not walk during the demonstration and was forced to sit in a car. So how can he campaigned in 2016?
Sir John 9 years ago

How can this weak Olu man be a Prez

How can this weak Olu man be a Prez
LADY 9 years ago

WHO EVER THINK GHANA IS DOING WELL UNDER MAHAMA IS LESS THAN A HUMAN.OK

WHO EVER THINK GHANA IS DOING WELL UNDER MAHAMA IS LESS THAN A HUMAN.OK
Ghanaboy 9 years ago

And who ever think Nana and npp will do better than Mahama is not just less human but a damn fool.

And who ever think Nana and npp will do better than Mahama is not just less human but a damn fool.
kusasi 9 years ago

don't frame the electoral commission nana you lost a credible election. don't think ghanaians are fools.fake lawyer. you will never be president in Ghana .certificateless man

don't frame the electoral commission nana you lost a credible election. don't think ghanaians are fools.fake lawyer. you will never be president in Ghana .certificateless man
Sir John 9 years ago

Even his own ppl have told him it will only happen in another world, which part of this doesn't he get?

Even his own ppl have told him it will only happen in another world, which part of this doesn't he get?
Omanba 9 years ago

NDC IS FOOL OF NONSENSE. UNDER KUFUOR, GHANA NEVER EXPERIENCED DUMSOR. AT THE NDC DELEGATES CONFERENCE AT BABA YARA STADIUM, KUMASI, IVOR GREENSTREET, CPP GENERAL SECRETARY, TOLD YOU THAT "NOBODY HAS SEEN THE BETTER GHANA AGE ...
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NDC IS FOOL OF NONSENSE. UNDER KUFUOR, GHANA NEVER EXPERIENCED DUMSOR. AT THE NDC DELEGATES CONFERENCE AT BABA YARA STADIUM, KUMASI, IVOR GREENSTREET, CPP GENERAL SECRETARY, TOLD YOU THAT "NOBODY HAS SEEN THE BETTER GHANA AGENDA". THESE BUFOONS DON'T LISTEN. THEY ARE TALKING SHEEPISHLY AND COME 2016, GHANAIANS WILL SHOW THE SWINE THE RED CARD.
Sly 9 years ago

Stupid boy like akufo Addo, what do u know abt Ghana apart from worshiping ur little drug addit god.
Kwasea again

Stupid boy like akufo Addo, what do u know abt Ghana apart from worshiping ur little drug addit god.
Kwasea again
KWAME 9 years ago

WHILE EGYPTIANS HELD VIOLENT SUSTAINED DEMONSTRATIONS TO BRING ABOUT A MUBARAK GHANGE IN THEIR COUNTRY, LAZY TIMID GHANAIANS HOLD A SINGLE THREE-HOUR DEMO, AND EXPECTED CHANGE.

GHANAIANS ARE LAZY, AND VERY FUNNY PEOPLE.

WHILE EGYPTIANS HELD VIOLENT SUSTAINED DEMONSTRATIONS TO BRING ABOUT A MUBARAK GHANGE IN THEIR COUNTRY, LAZY TIMID GHANAIANS HOLD A SINGLE THREE-HOUR DEMO, AND EXPECTED CHANGE.

GHANAIANS ARE LAZY, AND VERY FUNNY PEOPLE.
kusasi 9 years ago

when it became an open news that akuffo addo is not a qualified lawyer, he came up that his law certificate is missing and couldn't name the law school he attended,a fake man indeed.he lost to mahama, he cooked up pink shee ...
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when it became an open news that akuffo addo is not a qualified lawyer, he came up that his law certificate is missing and couldn't name the law school he attended,a fake man indeed.he lost to mahama, he cooked up pink sheet stories and then went to court to over turn a credible election when rejected by the people. a desparete man who feels he is born to rule.finding every means to destabilize the govt. of the day look at the turmoils he is coursing in the country by leading a useless demonstration.he has no legal qualification but he fake it to become the attorney general of Ghana.he is suppose to be in jail for impersonation.closely watch this akuffo addo he is a very dangerouse man
Yaw 9 years ago

Big fool who will never learn.

Big fool who will never learn.
Tony H 9 years ago

I ve posting for some times that NPP is a Nation of Primitive People and for my surprise nobody dared to challenge me because I was right. These blacky looking Asantes offspring of the gorillas of the deep forest are all the ...
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I ve posting for some times that NPP is a Nation of Primitive People and for my surprise nobody dared to challenge me because I was right. These blacky looking Asantes offspring of the gorillas of the deep forest are all the same inward thinking who think they own mother Ghana and everyone else is their slave. I am not surprised of this osafo virtual tribalistic talking. It is the trade mark of npp, after the "yen akan fo" or "die be die" of akufu addo. Who knows what the plan they have for us who are not Akan?
Akwesi 9 years ago

Hahahaha dreamer

Hahahaha dreamer
Abdul Rahaman Samari 9 years ago

We are more than prepared to protect our VOTE in 2016 after all elections are won at the polling station. And NANA ADDO will surely become the president of GHANA come 2016.

We are more than prepared to protect our VOTE in 2016 after all elections are won at the polling station. And NANA ADDO will surely become the president of GHANA come 2016.
NICHOLAS 9 years ago

It is amazing and amusing to see an aged man trying desperately against all odds to fulfill his childhood dream of becoming the President of Ghana.His prayer is to see the total failure of his opponent in order to brighten hi ...
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It is amazing and amusing to see an aged man trying desperately against all odds to fulfill his childhood dream of becoming the President of Ghana.His prayer is to see the total failure of his opponent in order to brighten his chance of winning the presidency.

In matters of competition it is not usual for one to wish his competitor a success, but in politics where governance is a continuous process, it is not good not to give your opponent any breathing space to achieve anything meaningful.

I personally do not believe that the good Lord has anything to do with Akufo-Addo's desire or battle to become the President of Ghana at all cost. Most people do not wish to see Akufo-Addo as the President of Ghana because they do not see him as a man of vision to be relied on to solve the country's problems.What the man is all about is the opportunity to satisfy his ego.

In actual fact, the people's will in 2016 could go either way.The question is will Akufo-Addo be prepared to accept the people's will in case it goes against him? Surely, time will tell.
Basira 9 years ago

With the experience npp claim to have, I believe npp would have urinate and fill our dams with water to generate electricity if they were in power.

With the experience npp claim to have, I believe npp would have urinate and fill our dams with water to generate electricity if they were in power.
Michael Kasoa Akwely 9 years ago

if NDC ruled Ghana in the next four years than we are going to be salves

if NDC ruled Ghana in the next four years than we are going to be salves
Bastard Akufo Addo 9 years ago

Kwasia hw can u used only two regions to win ? Stupid idiots

Kwasia hw can u used only two regions to win ? Stupid idiots
MAHAMA LOOT ND SHARE 9 years ago

MAHAMA DNC DOGS WILL GOOO PERIOD EVILS.COCAINE,INCOMPETENT,KILLERS,MAFIAS KILLED MILLS FOR POWER,HAHAHAHA GOD IS NOT SLEEPING,GOD WILL SPEAK FOR GHANIANS 2016

MAHAMA DNC DOGS WILL GOOO PERIOD EVILS.COCAINE,INCOMPETENT,KILLERS,MAFIAS KILLED MILLS FOR POWER,HAHAHAHA GOD IS NOT SLEEPING,GOD WILL SPEAK FOR GHANIANS 2016
GBO-NI-MA-GBO 9 years ago

LAST GOODBYE WAVE...NANA IS SAYING GOODBYE TO ....

LAST GOODBYE WAVE...NANA IS SAYING GOODBYE TO ....
MOI 9 years ago

OH GO AWAY AKUFFO ADDO. YOU TALK TOO MUCH.

OH GO AWAY AKUFFO ADDO. YOU TALK TOO MUCH.
Elijah 9 years ago

The EC has always upheld the people's will. It is not for you to tell them what to do. If you feel they are incompetent why don't you abandon your ill-fated presidential ambitions and apply to become the next electoral commis ...
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The EC has always upheld the people's will. It is not for you to tell them what to do. If you feel they are incompetent why don't you abandon your ill-fated presidential ambitions and apply to become the next electoral commissioner so you can "uphold the people's will"? At 70 plus I'm afraid I need to tell you to grow up and understand that NPP and their supporters are not the only people in Ghana. You must also understand that when people do not vote for you and the EC affirms that they are not wrong. The people don't want you to be their president and its as simple as that. You can jump and kick yourself about like a child throwing tantrums as much as you like. The fact remains: majority of Ghanaians did not vote for you in your last two attempts and that is why you are not president; not because the EC did not uphold the people's will. As usual you are starting your usual tricks that have so far failed to get you anywhere near the presidency. You are creating and sowing seeds of confusion in people's minds now so that if you happen to be rejected again you will blame it on the EC. Grow up granddad!
Yaw 9 years ago

Signs of losing in 2016

Signs of losing in 2016
JOHN 9 years ago

WAKE UP MR. FAILED PREZ. WE SHALL NOT VOTE FOR YOU. GO TO HELL.

WAKE UP MR. FAILED PREZ. WE SHALL NOT VOTE FOR YOU. GO TO HELL.
Dhl 9 years ago

Nana you don't seem to get it. We do not trust you. You are not good enough to be a leader of Ghana. We still vote for NDc in 2016 trust me

Nana you don't seem to get it. We do not trust you. You are not good enough to be a leader of Ghana. We still vote for NDc in 2016 trust me
Maslarry 9 years ago

Nonentity......infact nana addo u are a pig....thats the nacortic peoples party's thinking...they think they are better than everybody in this country....they opposed every election that didnt go their way since independence. ...
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Nonentity......infact nana addo u are a pig....thats the nacortic peoples party's thinking...they think they are better than everybody in this country....they opposed every election that didnt go their way since independence...kwasia fuo party...fools
Boozu 9 years ago

Nana has started crying foul already. Wait for 2016 and you will be retired permanently. OLUUUU.

Nana has started crying foul already. Wait for 2016 and you will be retired permanently. OLUUUU.
kwaku addo 9 years ago

cursed human sinsful nana is fooling,is ur moda who wl vote for u.kwasia man short.ashao man,kote boto,afeefe twe.panyin bone.fool.omaaame tw3!!!!!!:-

cursed human sinsful nana is fooling,is ur moda who wl vote for u.kwasia man short.ashao man,kote boto,afeefe twe.panyin bone.fool.omaaame tw3!!!!!!:-
nana cocainman 9 years ago

apuaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

apuaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
agbesi francis 9 years ago

Apparently nobody, I mean nobody is seeing your better Ghana agenda. Continuous dumsor, dumsor. Corruption from top to bottom, left right inside out and all the challenges you are facing is suffocating the Ghanaian people.”

Apparently nobody, I mean nobody is seeing your better Ghana agenda. Continuous dumsor, dumsor. Corruption from top to bottom, left right inside out and all the challenges you are facing is suffocating the Ghanaian people.”
agbesi francis 9 years ago

Apparently nobody, I mean nobody is seeing your better Ghana agenda. Continuous dumsor, dumsor. Corruption from top to bottom, left right inside out and all the challenges you are facing is suffocating the Ghanaian people.” ...
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Apparently nobody, I mean nobody is seeing your better Ghana agenda. Continuous dumsor, dumsor. Corruption from top to bottom, left right inside out and all the challenges you are facing is suffocating the Ghanaian people.”
What a Big SHAME you are!
THIEVES!!!!!!!
makamaka 9 years ago

Nana should understand that seeing people chanting n following you do not means they totally agree with u. Having a lot of followers does necessarily means having a lot of voters.NPP (elephant in the house-people afraid to ta ...
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Nana should understand that seeing people chanting n following you do not means they totally agree with u. Having a lot of followers does necessarily means having a lot of voters.NPP (elephant in the house-people afraid to talk against you n definitely bcos of fears become a perceived follower but not a voter)
Mallam Rashid 9 years ago

By Nana Addo urging firmness in EC's duty for 2016 election by declaring the winner, does not mean that, Nana Addo will win.
The EC does not need your lectures to perform their duty for the people. Nana Addo should rather b ...
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By Nana Addo urging firmness in EC's duty for 2016 election by declaring the winner, does not mean that, Nana Addo will win.
The EC does not need your lectures to perform their duty for the people. Nana Addo should rather be reminded not to ran to the courts when NPP does not win; as they do all the time.
REEPE. 9 years ago

What some of these Npp gurus refuse to know is their inability to control the way they talk, this is your 0nly setback not EC.

What some of these Npp gurus refuse to know is their inability to control the way they talk, this is your 0nly setback not EC.
osei yaw - london 9 years ago

This Akyem bluffer Akufo Ado is telling the EC what to do; and backs his nonsense up with his christian Lord in a battle

- foreseeable, this dubious character Akyem Akufo Ado knows that he is not going to win; and foreseea ...
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This Akyem bluffer Akufo Ado is telling the EC what to do; and backs his nonsense up with his christian Lord in a battle

- foreseeable, this dubious character Akyem Akufo Ado knows that he is not going to win; and foreseeable, well enlightened Kwame Nkrumah Ghana know that he would again be going to the Supreme Court with his tail between his legs with stupidities, hoping the superior Judges would make him the winner

- why does he and his Lord therefore, bother telling the EC what to do?

Osei Wusu-Khanin/osei yaw - london
Luther King 9 years ago

U lost the election accept it n move on old man. It's u who wanted to disenfranchise ppl by going to court to cancel votes. 2012 is over lets campaign well n win 2016 and leave 2012 behind.

U lost the election accept it n move on old man. It's u who wanted to disenfranchise ppl by going to court to cancel votes. 2012 is over lets campaign well n win 2016 and leave 2012 behind.
G. K. Berko 9 years ago

Does Akufo-Addo know what that will would be? He thinks his ascension to the Presidency is already in the bag. He must be dreaming wildly. The fact that Ghanaians are mad at Mahama does not mean they would be falling over th ...
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Does Akufo-Addo know what that will would be? He thinks his ascension to the Presidency is already in the bag. He must be dreaming wildly. The fact that Ghanaians are mad at Mahama does not mean they would be falling over their heels to vote for Akufo-Addo.

Yes, the EC would have to heed to the will of the People. But that will might not be in Akufo-Addo's favor, and he should not be rushing to the Supreme Court to complain.

Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr., Osafo Marfo, and Kennedy Agyapong among others around Akufo-Addo would ensure that he never wins. The fair-minded discerning Akans and all non-Akans that feel offended by the claims of these fascist bigots would rather vote elsewhere. These sections of the Electorate may prefer life in 'Dumsor, Dumsor' darkness to life under Akufo-Addo's bigoted regime that blatantly would exclude them from all opportunities to make their lives better.

We have been admonishing the likes of Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr. to abstain from their divisive ethnocentric threats. But they keep unleashing even more disgusting of the same. Well, I guess they do not really want Akufo-Addo to win. Or, they are just idiotically complacent, thinking they have already bagged the win.

The attitude of these bigots could cause the shocking loss of Akufo-Addo in 2016. And I don't think if that guy loses in 2016, his health would sustain him much longer. The mere announcement of his loss could literally break his heart. This is because the hype of his impending win in 2016 would have been overblown.

Long Live Ghana!!!
G. K. Berko 9 years ago

Instead of wailing and weeping, he had grin on his face at this terse moment of 'mourning'. Is he happy or content that he was 'mourning'? Or, he just thought it was always mandatory to grin or smile when taking pictures?
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Instead of wailing and weeping, he had grin on his face at this terse moment of 'mourning'. Is he happy or content that he was 'mourning'? Or, he just thought it was always mandatory to grin or smile when taking pictures?

This picture-taking event was not supposed to demand an impressionable, beautiful pose, where he had to present his best looking image or posture, looking happy and giggly.

Bad times must be reflected in one's demeanor. At least, a sense seriousness ought to be portrayed. A happy pose in this picture suggests Akufo-Addo could fake grief and happiness to fool us all. No, no, no! We are tired of that Hollywood acting to conceal the realities we live in.

We need leaders who would take us seriously and show they mean business and share our discomfort. We don't need leaders who seem content with themselves while we suffer in anguish.

Long Live Ghana!!!
OBED, ASIMEH 9 years ago

THE PROBLEM WITH NANA IS THAT HE WANTS TO UPHOLD HIS OWN WILL. SADLY HE THINKS HE IS IN A STATE OF AUTARCHY THEREBY ARROGANTLY AND FOOLISHLY FORGOTTEN THAT THERE ARE MORAL AND SOCIAL CODES -THAT IS- THE LAWS, RULES AND REGULA ...
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THE PROBLEM WITH NANA IS THAT HE WANTS TO UPHOLD HIS OWN WILL. SADLY HE THINKS HE IS IN A STATE OF AUTARCHY THEREBY ARROGANTLY AND FOOLISHLY FORGOTTEN THAT THERE ARE MORAL AND SOCIAL CODES -THAT IS- THE LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS AND PROCEDURES IN DOING THINGS TO BRING RESPECT AND EQUITABLE JUSTICE AND RESPECT OF INDIVIDUALS RIGHT IN ACCORDANCE OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE AND RULE OF LAW FOR EVERY MEMBER IN OUR SOCIETY. WHEN NANA DOES NOT GET HIS WAYS, THEN HE CRIES AND SHOUT FOUL AND EMBARK ON APPEALING TO THE YOBS!!
MASNUS 9 years ago

nana, are you saying the will of the people is you winning, please be serious and think well before you speak

nana, are you saying the will of the people is you winning, please be serious and think well before you speak
OKOROMANSA 9 years ago

ONCE MAHAMA EXITS, NPP CAN HOLD THEIR PEACE. ONCE DUMSOR IS GONE, GHANAIANS WOULD HOLD THEIR PEACE. YOU NDC CROOKS MAKING THE NOISE MUST SHUT UP.

ONCE MAHAMA EXITS, NPP CAN HOLD THEIR PEACE. ONCE DUMSOR IS GONE, GHANAIANS WOULD HOLD THEIR PEACE. YOU NDC CROOKS MAKING THE NOISE MUST SHUT UP.
Whatever 9 years ago

Nada Addo?? He doesn't see another defeat looming. I feel sorry for him. You can't change what God has said. He chose Mahama and there's nothing in heaven or on earth that can change that

Nada Addo?? He doesn't see another defeat looming. I feel sorry for him. You can't change what God has said. He chose Mahama and there's nothing in heaven or on earth that can change that
YAW 9 years ago

This fucking monkey thinks he too can be president. The people's will is to see you dead soon! president, you will never be.

This fucking monkey thinks he too can be president. The people's will is to see you dead soon! president, you will never be.
Baah 9 years ago

So the only time Nana and kwabena agyepong can wear smock is when they on useless demonstration. When will npp learn to respect us from the north? Dr bawumia, shine your eyes. Remember Aliu mahama

So the only time Nana and kwabena agyepong can wear smock is when they on useless demonstration. When will npp learn to respect us from the north? Dr bawumia, shine your eyes. Remember Aliu mahama

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