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General Secretary of NDC-Johnson Asiedu Nketia<\/strong><\/p>\n

Johnson Asiedu Nketia, General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has described President Akufo-Addo\u2019s decision to withdraw the December 17 Referendum as being borne of what he called \u201crunning out of options\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mr Nketia said he felt the President had no other choice than to give up on what he called dictation, noting that the President had run out of options, living him with no choice than to chicken out because Ghanaians were agitated.<\/p>\n

He believes the President\u2019s decision to back down on the Bill was borne out of seeing defeat to a \u2018YES\u2019 vote ahead of the referendum.<\/p>\n

The President in a televised address on Sunday, December 1, 2019 announced the cancellation of the referendum over what he says is lack of consensus among key stakeholders and the Ghanaian populace.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo fellow Ghanaians, it is of deep regret that I have given instructions to the minister for local government and Rural development to spearhead the process with commendable vigour and dynamism on behalf of the government to abort the process and see to the withdrawal of the bills for the amendment of the constitution both in respect of article 243 (1) and Article 55 (2),\u201d the President announced.<\/p>\n

But, speaking in an interview on Adom FM\u2018s morning show Dwaso Nsem on Monday, Mr Nketia questioned the President\u2019s claim of \u2018lack of consensus\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe did not seek the consensus of Ghanaians on this issue so why should he pull out of it claiming there is no consensus,\u201d he quizzed.<\/p>\n

He added that instead of the President claiming lack of consensus, he should rather apologize to Ghanaians for his sudden U-Turn.<\/p>\n

He also debunked rumours that President Akufo-Addo met with former President John Mahama to have discussions on the referendum.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen did Akufo-Addo meet with Mahama and other parties? What does he do when he meets with former Presidents on national issues? He only meets with them and talks that\u2019s all, he fails to take actions on any discussions he holds with them,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

General Secretary of NDC-Johnson Asiedu Nketia Johnson Asiedu Nketia, General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has described President Akufo-Addo\u2019s decision to withdraw the December 17 Referendum as being borne of what he called \u201crunning out of options\u201d. 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