The 2020 presidential Candidate for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. John Dramani Mahama has expressed gratitude to all who played diverse roles in putting his case together and saluted his three key witnesses.
The three witnesses are NDC`S General Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, Dr. Michael Kpessah Whyte, and Rojo Mettle-Nunoo for helping to unravel a part of the untold story of the flawed 2020 elections.
But The Supreme Court says the petitioner in the just-ended election petition, John Mahama, failed to prove his case with the witnesses he called to testify on his behalf.
Reading the judgment on Thursday, Chief Justice Kwasi Anin-Yeboah said out of the three witnesses the petitioner named, only the testimony of the first witness, Johnson Asiedu Nketia was relevant to the case he had prayed the court to adjudicate.
He noted that the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) General Secretary’s contribution was “emphatic” and “relevant” as compared to the second and third witnesses.
Addressing the media after the verdict, Mr. Mahama said “I also wish to place on record that the service rendered to me by my legal team in this petition was gratis–free. We may not have been successful. But your hard work and sacrifice will not go unheralded when the full story is told. ”
”I am very much aware that millions are watching and listening to me who are disappointed at the outcome of this case. For those millions, like me, who held out hope that our democracy would be advanced by the process and outcome of this petition, you must be disappointed. But I encourage you to hold your heads up high and channel your disappointment into hard work that will ensure that, come next election, we will achieve a truly transparent and fair election, which we all as Ghanaians can be proud of.”
”To all my compatriots and supporters, we may have lost the temporary battle of the 2020 election and the Petition that followed, but the larger struggle to create a society that lives up to our national motto of freedom and justice still rages on. It is a struggle, which requires even more commitment than before, and it is one that we will not shirk from until our patriotic aim is achieved.”
”To the millions of NDC supporters who have stood by me, my running mate, Professor Naana Jane Opoku Agyemang, our National Chairman, General Secretary, Campaign Chairman, FEC, NEC, Parliamentary Candidates, Sponsors and all activists and supporters who gave their all in the hope that we will win and form the next government to save our nation and meet your aspirations, do not despair at this outcome. I repeat. Do not despair! Never, ever lose hope. We achieved an impressive showing in the last election, and despite the intimidation, obscene abuse of incumbency advantage, and the massive use of funds and resources we can be proud that we gave it our best. We have become stepping-stones on which the NDC can build to secure victory in the next elections.”
Source: Mybrytfmonline.com
