Dr Richard Amoako Baah, a political scientist and NPP member, is pleading with President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to control himself and refrain from reacting irrationally to any criticism or comments.
The suggestion follows criticisms levelled at the president for his remarks and response to voters in the Ashanti Region’s Kwabre East Constituency who have threatened not to support the NPP in the 2024 elections.
In response, the President stated that he is unconcerned by such threats because he cannot make anyone vote for the NDC against their will.
“The President’s pronouncements are not entirely wrong, but inappropriate. You are president because people made you president, so when the same people get upset, it does not mean you should tackle them and have exchanges with them and get angry, no” he said.
“It is their country; it’s not your money that you are using to do things for them.”
“It’s their country, the money you are going to use to fix whatever it is for them is their money, not yours, and so you shouldn’t get upset.”
“Yes, sometimes it’s irritating when the people say they won’t vote for you, etc, but that is how Ghana is. A good politician will take his time, it’s not everything that you hear, that you have to respond to and this is one of them”.
“It’s his first nature, he easily gets upset, if you become a politician, especially the president you should tame yourself, you don’t speak freely like you are having a chat with a friend, because as president everything you say is news, everything you say is recorded. What he came to do is to fix things, but now we are talking about your anger, why? He questioned
“You said you will fix it, but now we are all talking about your anger and how you said it, how. Those coming to explain, telling us what the President said, are failing at doing damage control. The president should not allow inexperience hands at his side, coming to defend defend defend, what we heard you are saying we didn’t hear, I mean how”, he stated.
Source: Mybrytnewsroom.com/Joseph Asare
