The opposition National Democratic Congress has been cautioned to season
their speech with salt in relation to issues bordering on the
Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II.
Member of Parliament (MP) for Tema West Constituency, Hon. Carlos
Ahenkorah, who issued the warning, declared his intention to declare a
personal war against anybody who will speak against the Asantehene,
Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, following the latter’s comments at a recent forum
by the United Nations on the aftermath of the 2016 general elections.
“I’m personally ready to face anyone who stands up against the
Asantehene, especially with respect to his UN statement on 2016
elections,” the NPP MP vowed.
The Asantehene had claimed in an address abroad that his palace had to
convince the former President John Dramani Mahama to hand over power
after the polls that saw him losing with over one million votes to now
President Akufo-Addo.
“At the conclusion of the last presidential and parliamentary
elections, the country [Ghana] stood on the edge of disaster. The UN
representatives and the diplomatic community were aghast, alarmed that
Ghana was going to slip down the slope of electoral violence.
“Fortunately, the moral authority of the palace was at hand. We were
able to intervene to persuade the losing candidate to accept his fate
and fly both candidates for a quiet encounter to pave the way for a
handover,” said the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II claimed.
But in a statement attributed to former Chief of Staff in the erstwhile
Mahama administration, Mr. Julius Debrah, who stopped short of calling
the revered King a liar, he said Mr. Mahama handed overpower out of his
commitment to the rule of law and democracy.
“I state without equivocation that the decision to concede and
congratulate Nana Akufo-Addo even before the official results were
declared was taken by President Mahama himself without any persuasion
from any quarter,” he said.
Commenting on the issue on UTV’s ‘Adekye Nsroma’ Morning Show, Carlos
Ahenkorah, who doubles as the Deputy Minister for Trade and Industry
categorically stated that the Asantehene “will never tell lies to score
political cheap points because he is a very prominent citizen of this
country”.
He issued a strong note of caution to NDC members denigrating the
Otumfuo following his comments to be circumspect in their utterances.
“Members of the NDC should know that the Asantehene will never tell
lies…every tape of his is full of wisdom just like King Solomon in the
Bible…
“….the NDC should be extremely careful otherwise every citizen in
this country will turn against them if they try to paint bad and declare
the Asantehene a liar,” he warned.