Mills is “un-presidented”, says Sir John

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Mills is “un-presidented”, says Sir John

The General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, says it is laughable for President Mills to claim that his achievements have been unprecedented whilst his behaviour, weak leadership and his under-performance have been so “un-presidented”.

In an exclusive interview with the New Statesman yesterday, Sir John, as he is popularly referred to, said President Mills in his 3½ year-rule has proved beyond all reasonable doubt that he is a weak and hypocritical leader who has not achieved anything despite having more money than any other President in Ghana’s history.

“He has been the worst performing constitutional President Ghana has had, created an impression that he is a man of God and yet has the audacity to say Nana Akufo-Addo cannot be President of Ghana. Luckily for Ghanaians, we have a choice come December 7; we cannot afford to waste another four years under Mills,” Sir John said.

The NPP scribe warned Ghanaians that another four years for President Mills and the NDC would mean endangering the future of the youth, the continued depreciation of the cedi, growing culture of impunity and corruption and the continued collapse of businesses across every part of the country.

Sir John explained that President Mills is currently presiding over the establishment of institutionalized corruption within his party, with the nation reeling under weight of unprecedented corruption.

He maintained that it was only under President Mills’ administration that corruption had been described as an indiscretion, adding “but for corruption, how could a responsible government allocate in its budget about GH¢642 million for the payment of judgment debts?”

According to Sir John, President Mills pretends to have beliefs, opinions, virtues, qualities and standards that he does not actually have.

“He preaches decency in political discourses, but watches on while his appointees use unprintable words on their political opponents. In fact, it is only President Mills who rewards his insulting and abusive ministers with superior ministerial portfolios,” Sir John added.

He continued, “He has failed to practice the virtues that he preaches and Ghanaians have awoken to the fact that he is nothing but a hypocrite.”

Sir John further noted that it is only under this current NDC administration that a sitting President has been challenged by a member of his own party in just two years of being in office. This, according to Sir John, represented an admission of failure on the part of Mills and lack of confidence in the leadership of President Mills.

Again, Sir John noted that acts of impunity by rampaging party foot soldiers, described as the “fourth arm of government” by some political observers, went unchecked by the Mills administration.

“These foot soldiers went about seizing toilets, car parks, toll booths, burning regional party structures and at a point in time besieged their party headquarters and locked their party officials. Mills’ reason for these acts of lawlessness was to say that the foot soldiers were jobless,” Sir John lamented.

“This is not the leader Ghanaians need to transform their lives from a poverty-stricken one to one of prosperity. Our economy will sink deeper into the ocean of socioeconomic destruction if we mistakenly re-elect President Mills and his failed administration into office in December.

“He has proven beyond all reasonable doubt that he is not a good leader, and therefore can’t lead. His actions have been “un-presidented” and for the sake of posterity and the betterment of the country, let us vote the Mills-Mahama administration out now,” Sir John urged Ghanaians.

By Fiifi Arhin

Source: Statesmanonline.com