Political analyst Alex Emmanuel Nti has condemned Abuakwa South Member of Parliament Mr. Atta Akyea over his comments that we don’t need a drunkard or an alcoholic to be elected as the next president.
He said the MP and private legal practitioner had distinguished himself as one of Ghana’s most renowned politicians, and it was regrettable that he had gone so low in uttering the comments.
Speaking on Nyankonton Mu Nsem on Rainbow radio 87.5FM, Mr. Alex Nti said Atta Akyea’s actions were incredibly childish, adding that even students running for Student Representative Council elections would not indulge in such reckless politics.
The analyst opined that ‘’the first point is, is the consumption of alcohol illegal in Ghana? It is not illegal to consume alcohol and so it was very unfortunate for him to have made such claims because he may have his dirty secrets. It would surprise you to note that there maybe some dirty secrets about him that are worse than alcohol consumption. So if there is someone who consumes alcohol and it is not illegal and use it that as a campaign message, it is rather unfortunate. We are looking for competence and not this level of reckless political campaigning.
I believe Atta Akyea should have known better. They have reduced our politics to insults. Students contesting SRC elections would not engage in such childish behaviour. Anything that is not illegal I don’t see why people will use that as a negation against people. The comments were unfortunate and I encourage him to desist from such things. He and other politicians are role models and should desist from such political comments.’’
Mr. Alex Nti responding to the demand of an apology from the MP to former President John Mahama, he said it was not necessary for the NDC to have issued a statement demanding an apology since the party assumed he (Akyea) was referring to Mahama.
‘’The two greatest political parties are the NDC and NPP and so if Ata Akyea has made these comments, most often-yes there are many possible scenarios but what most of us will assume is that he maybe referring to the largest opposition party. In a way, that is the likelihood event that he was referring to Mahama. However, because he did not mention anybody’s name, and we have ddifferent candidates contesting the election, there is also a possibility that he was not referring to Mahama but any other candidate. In that case, I don’t think one side would have to assume he was referring to them. But to stress my point, after examining what Atta Akyea said hypothetically conclude that he was referring to former President.’’
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana