The Senior Vice President of IMANI Africa, Kofi Bentil has charged the government to desist from taking decisions that would give the impression that the 2024 election is being skewed to favour the Presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia.
According to him, even though he supports Dr Bawumia, he said his victory must be achieved legitimately.
“Everybody knows where I stand but if Dr Bawumia is going to win this election, let him win it fair and square,” he said.
His comments come after President Akufo-Addo appointed Commissioner of Police, Christian Tetteh Yohuno as the new Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of Operations.
Since this news broke, a section of Ghanaians have questioned the motive suggesting that it could be an alternative means to “clip the wings” of IGP Dr George Dampare or remove him.
Speaking on Joy FM’s Newsfile Mr Bentil stated that the President made an error in appointing a deputy IGP with a designated task, arguing that it lends credence to the allegations in the leaked audio suggesting a plot to oust Dr Dampare for his uncompromising stance against rigging the upcoming election.
“The NPP as a group absolved itself sufficiently when they voted together with the minority to accept the Commission’s report in Parliament and that showed that the NPP didn’t have a problem and did not have a problem with IGP Dampare and not seeking to remove him,” he said on Saturday.
Despite this, Mr Bentil expressed concern over actions by certain government operatives that he believes undermine this commitment.
“Now you clearly have a situation where operatives within this same government have gone to do something which is clearly not permitted within the law so it brings back that situation.”
“… We’re not stupid, people see what is going on and it doesn’t help anybody,” he told Samson Lardy Anyenini.
He warned that the actions of these operatives could hurt public perception.
“When you have a situation that the nation is moving in a certain direction what will change minds is talking. Dr Bawumia is campaigning so those operatives who think that this is a way to win the election are wrong and they should stop it!”
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