By William
Yaw Owusu
Monday July
30, 2018
Former Consul General to Dubai, Daniel Osei, has
fired former President John Dramani Mahama once again saying he cannot lead the
opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to win the 2020 presidential
election because he has not changed from his old ways of doing things.
“He must stop or be stopped so our party can win
again!” Mr. Osei who served under Mr. Mahama said in his latest article, and
even described him as a “fraudulent variable” in the scheme of NDC affairs.
Fraudulent
Variable
“From his moral turpitude to gross opulence and
calculated maligning and treachery, and lack of vision, he’s hoping to return
and in his own voice ‘teach people lessons.’ This fraudulent variable cannot be
part of our calculus for victory,” he fired.
“It’s unfortunate we find ourselves as a party
hijacked by this singular issue of Mahama’s return when any worthy political
thinker can conclude it’s not good for the former president to contest again,”
he insisted.
Not
Changed
He disclosed, “I took a step back from my crusade to
help advance the party’s chances at victory and listened to many people
including all the flagbearer aspirants, members of our council of elders, and
indeed many people from the former President’s camp. In my interactions with
his people, I wanted to be convinced that if he were given the nod, he could
lead us to victory.”
He lamented, however, that, “sadly, person after
person from the former presidents camp, indicated the man has not changed.”
“We can’t win with this. The fact that Mahama had to
apologize to so many people and caucuses in the first place, should raise
eyebrows. Why did he offend so many people and treat so many people badly?
NPP
Contrast
Contrasting what has transpired in the ruling party
recently and what pertained in the NDC when they first won power, Mr. Osei
posited “look at how Nana Addo rewarded Freddie Blay and his team, and
juxtapose that to Mahama systemically and craftily removing Kwabena Agyei, Yaw
Gyan etc and replacing them with Kofi Adams and co?”
“Indeed ‘the prince of darkness is a gentleman’ and
only God knows how ruthless and scandalous he will be if he only had one term
to govern.”
Money
Machine
He observed that Ghanaians clearly demonstrated that
they could not be influenced by money during the decision to remove the NDC
from office on December 7, 2016, saying “Mahama was rejected because the
electorate did not like him nor his governance. We lost because we had an
uninspiring, self centered candidate who predictably failed us at the polls.”
“It’s not gonna be easy but it’s our only hope
against the money machine. If all we needed to win is money; we will be in
power still. If all we needed to win was a well known candidate, we should be
in power still. Let us not conflate well known with popular nor well liked,” he
explained.
Need
For Change
Mr. Osei said “we must change that if we want to win
2020. His many apologies were simply
because his politics was self centered and the electorate rejected him because
his governance was terrible. Winning the presidency is not a primary contest.”
He stressed that “the primariesis only a step in the
process and if we get it wrong, we are done! To allow Mahama to steal the
primaries with money will be suicidal for 2020.
Real
Division
He maintained that Mr. Mahama “is the most divisive
factor in NDC today!” adding “there are real serious divisions within the party
today, and Mahama cannot heal it.”
“He simply lacks the leadership qualities for
unification and his team is bankrupt of ideas. The flashy opulence and fake
unity walk fanfare nonsense, is for the birds,” he fired, adding “power is not
a birthright and unless we as a party, are ready to work for it, we cannot
win.”
“I must confess, it’s tiring to keep drumming the
same message home time and again, but it’s important to do what it takes to
help give our party a chance and we can only do so if we take the hard
decisions and embrace change so we can offer a more hopeful preposition to the
electorate.
“The civilized thing for Mahama to do is quickly
step aside but given his indecisive trait, we just might have to take that
decision for him at the polls,” he said.
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