Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has described as ‘needless’ attacks on former President John Mahama following the annulment of the recent Kenyan election by the Supreme Court.
The Kenyan Supreme Court last Friday announced its decision to annul the Presidential elections, ordering a new one within 60 days.
Former President John Mahama, who led the Commonwealth observer mission, said the East African nation’s voting and counting system appeared “credible, transparent and inclusive” and that Kenya had “the potential to be the most inspiring democracy in Africa.”
So when Kenya’s Supreme Court ruled this Friday, September 1 that the August 8 election had not been “conducted in accordance with the constitution” and declared it “invalid, null and void,” the historic decision caught everyone by surprise.
Former President Mahama has since been subjected to attacks and mockery following the annulment.
But speaking on Asempa FM’s Ekosi Sen Monday, Mr Okudzeto Ablakwa indicated that, comments being made about former President Mahama are not fair adding that Observer Mission were just spectators and not Electoral Commissioners.
According to him, there are principles or protocols that international elections observers are guided by – that is the Standards of International Declaration of Principles for Election Observation.
“We must all know that this appointment of [former] President Mahama by the Commonwealth was due to the collective achievement of all Ghanaians and we must be proud of that rather than attacking and mocking him.
“They cannot interfere in the election because they were just therw as spectators. The least we can do for Mahama is to credit him and not lambast him” he said.
Okudzeto Ablakwa said: “We need to know that today it is [former] President Mahama at the center of it, tomorrow it could be former President Kufuor. International assignments are about Ghana and so we should not mix NDC and NPP with these kinds of assignments.”
Listen to Ablakwa
