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Aliu's supporters warn
against vote buying
Tamale, Nov. 1, Ghanadot/GNA - "Loyalists
of Aliu Mahama Club" in Tamale said on Thursday that
delegates to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) congress should
not to be influenced by money in their choice of the
presidential candidate of the party.
A statement signed by Mr. El-Hassan Umar, President of the
club, said: "We are making a passionate appeal to the
would-be delegates of our party to safeguard the democratic
culture of our mighty party by rejecting politicians who try
to influence them with money".
"Moneycracy is dangerous to internal democracy in the NPP
and by extension, democracy in Ghana, and we must
collectively ignore politicians who think they can buy our
conscience with their money".
"The current contest is not about the candidate with much
money, it is about issues and the ability and capability of
the next leader to defeat Professor John Atta Mills of the
NDC", it
said.
The statement said recent media reports alleged that some of
the aspirants were involved in vote-buying. "That act
amounts to total disregard for the tenets of democracy".
The statement said the club saw the victory of the NPP in
Alhaji Aliu Mahama and called on delegates to vote for him
to continue from where President John Agyekum Kufuor would
be leaving off.
It said "Election 2008" would be crucial and appealed to all
the party faithful to desist from comments that had the
tendency to disintegrate the party and rally behind Alhaji
Mahama when "he is crowned the next NPP presidential
candidate."
GNA
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