Understanding the Relevance of winning the Presidency

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Concerned Citizen 11 years ago

Many thanks for your in-depth explanation to debunk the naive assumptions by Kwesi Pratt. The NDC are panicking.

It goes to tell it is no longer easy to get away with rigged election results. Let he Supreme Court decide n ...
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Many thanks for your in-depth explanation to debunk the naive assumptions by Kwesi Pratt. The NDC are panicking.

It goes to tell it is no longer easy to get away with rigged election results. Let he Supreme Court decide now.

Bravo for your enlightenment on this Popular Vote issue.
Kojo T 11 years ago

It is this kind of tribal thinking that makes you to concentrate on Ashanti and ER. May be they should change the constitution so the winner needs at least 4 regions plus a majority vote.

It is this kind of tribal thinking that makes you to concentrate on Ashanti and ER. May be they should change the constitution so the winner needs at least 4 regions plus a majority vote.
JOE, UK 11 years ago

The argument you are putting up was not what we witnessed in the elections. Even in Ashanti Region, Mahama got not less than 28% of the votes while he got about 42% of the votes in Eastern Region. In addition Mahama performe ...
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The argument you are putting up was not what we witnessed in the elections. Even in Ashanti Region, Mahama got not less than 28% of the votes while he got about 42% of the votes in Eastern Region. In addition Mahama performed very well in Volta, Upper East, Upper West and Northern regions with very good margins. He then swept all the key regions with very convincing lead.
NANA KUFUOR 11 years ago

Fellow Ghanaians, let us analyze the performance of these two main political parties in this country. NDC’s philosophy is “dzie wo fie asem”. In opposition they allowed the Kufuor regime to loot the Ghana government for ...
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Fellow Ghanaians, let us analyze the performance of these two main political parties in this country. NDC’s philosophy is “dzie wo fie asem”. In opposition they allowed the Kufuor regime to loot the Ghana government for eight good years. From cash (Kwadwo Mpiani), bungalow (Jake obetsebi-Lamptey), cooking pot (Sekyi-Hughes) etc….. In the case of NPP, they oppose everything good or bad, from, Chinese loan, judgment debts and even the inauguration of President Mahatma. This enabled the NDC to always be on their toes for whatever they do. From this observation, we all conclude that the NPP are better in opposition than NDC. Fellow Ghanaians, let us ensure that NPP remains in opposition for another thirty years.
Paul Amuna 11 years ago

I seem to recall that in the late 1990s the global community were excusing to give Ghana loans and Credit because of rampant corruption when frankly Rawlings had lost it and others, including Nana Konadu were accused of corru ...
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I seem to recall that in the late 1990s the global community were excusing to give Ghana loans and Credit because of rampant corruption when frankly Rawlings had lost it and others, including Nana Konadu were accused of corruption. By the way, I wouldn't like to live in a world where a popular road linking to a major hospital is BLOCKED for the SOLE use of Nana Konadu under the guise of security. It happened at Ridge. Was that a good thing? By the way I am neither NPP nor NDC just in case you are wondering.
NANA BASOAH 11 years ago

Thank you very much MR ADOFO for enlighting some people who are shallow minded to accept PRATT's assertions.Simply put
in GHANA who ever wins the highest popular votes emerges as the winner of the presidential elections.To b ...
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Thank you very much MR ADOFO for enlighting some people who are shallow minded to accept PRATT's assertions.Simply put
in GHANA who ever wins the highest popular votes emerges as the winner of the presidential elections.To buttress ADOFO'S point the 2010 PHC ASHANTI region is the most populous region in terms of population wise
NANA KUFUOR 11 years ago

Morning toilet cleaner Adofo, we dont know what you are up to. If you think Nana Addict can win two regions and run this country, it will be tougher for him than for you traveling from Golders Green to clean toilets in Oxford ...
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Morning toilet cleaner Adofo, we dont know what you are up to. If you think Nana Addict can win two regions and run this country, it will be tougher for him than for you traveling from Golders Green to clean toilets in Oxford Street. If you know politics, Nana Addict cannot enact any law with no majority in parliament. Nana is not born to lead this country, period.
Paul Amuna 11 years ago

Rocks on is only expressing his opinions. The best you can do is shut up and not insult him. If you disagree, simply say so.

Rocks on is only expressing his opinions. The best you can do is shut up and not insult him. If you disagree, simply say so.
NANA BASOAH 11 years ago

NANA KUFFOUR nobody was born to become a President else there would be no elections. If that are your thoughts then you're kidding. Do you think JDM was born to become a President?No for your answer because he was a vice Pres ...
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NANA KUFFOUR nobody was born to become a President else there would be no elections. If that are your thoughts then you're kidding. Do you think JDM was born to become a President?No for your answer because he was a vice President under PROF MILLS administration,why is it that he was not the President but after the the demise of PROF MILLS he became pres. everybody can become president.Some were born great and some were born to achieve greatness.
Paul Amuna 11 years ago

Don't you think you contradict yourself?

Don't you think you contradict yourself?
Alex 11 years ago

As usual, you write great. Keep it up.

As usual, you write great. Keep it up.
Whatever 11 years ago

Controlling paliament means controlling the public purse and controlling law and order. This is in the hands of the NDC. How can Akuffo Addo still seek to preside over such an adversarian political order if he's not an anarch ...
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Controlling paliament means controlling the public purse and controlling law and order. This is in the hands of the NDC. How can Akuffo Addo still seek to preside over such an adversarian political order if he's not an anarchist?
Secondly, NPP has NO evidence that any of our electoral laws were broken by the EC so Mahama's Gazzeted presidency stands. Go sob somewher
Paul Amuna 11 years ago

Rockson, the trouble is, Ghanaians are not that gullible and it is NOT the opinions of Kwesi Pratt that will sway Ghanaians. I think you give them less credit than they deserve.

You are absolutely right in your analysis of ...
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Rockson, the trouble is, Ghanaians are not that gullible and it is NOT the opinions of Kwesi Pratt that will sway Ghanaians. I think you give them less credit than they deserve.

You are absolutely right in your analysis of the electoral college v.50 +1% principle. In the electoral college, in fact a candidate can win the popular vote I.e. 50+1% and still lose the presidential poll but that is beside the point.
In the Ghanaian case, it is entirely possible that a candidate can win two or three big regions and carry the vote, depending on the margins involved and the share of the vote attained in the other regions. Do I see some belief on your part that this is what really happened in the 2012 polls? It is doubtful to me if even the petitioners are arguing along those lines unless I did not understand the petition, a copy of which is in my possession. And that did not come from Kwesi Pratt either.
Let's all heed your own advice and leave matters in the capable hands of the SC. After all, we are merely postulating or speculating and none of us has the real facts of the case. You realise the interest in your opinion pieces has dwindled? I chose to respond as a like minded intellectual. Thank you.
Fia-de-va! 10 years ago

Mr Adofo is here not putting up arguments, nor is he expressing his opinion.
Rockson here is Explaining the procedure to elect a President in Ghana. This is drawn in the big law book by learned people in Ghana and it is cal ...
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Mr Adofo is here not putting up arguments, nor is he expressing his opinion.
Rockson here is Explaining the procedure to elect a President in Ghana. This is drawn in the big law book by learned people in Ghana and it is called the Constitution.
Remember, that even if Mr Adofo were the sole writer of the constitution, it have been accepted as the law of Ghana. that which makes Ghana a Democratic Republic State. Thanks for this little but so in-depth!

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