General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Fiifi Kwetey says the upcoming election in December is not about the volume of promises political parties make to the Ghanaian people but how capable politicians could deliver on their pledges.
He explained that if it came down to the number of promises a political party could make, the ruling New Patriotic Party would win the elections since they were always coming up with new ones.
Speaking at the NDC’s manifesto launch, the General Secretary warned that Ghana’s democratic experiment could descend into a battle of who had more promises for the people.
“We need to be careful that the competition for power should never become a simple competition of who can promise more. Because if it is an issue of promises, we know we are in the NDC, and we can never match our friends in the NPP,” he said.
He recalled an instance where the NPP promised to construct railway lines from Accra to the northern parts of the country in the lead-up to the 1992 elections.
Mr. Kwetey mocked his opponents, claiming they would promise anything just to obtain political power, and warned his comrades not be swayed by “easy promises”.
During his address, he ventured on a step-by-step takedown of promises made to the governing party which he observed had not been kept.
Contrasting the NDC with the ruling party, Mr. Kwetey noted that his party was practical in its assurances to the electorate as it always believed in what could be achieved.
“Our manifesto that we are presenting to you today is a manifesto that will be delivering to you promises that we know are achievable,” he said. “The things that we can’t do we will not talk about but what it is that we can do we will elaborate today in order for the country to know the clear difference between the NDC and the NPP.”
Source: Ghana/Starrfm.com.gh/103.5FM/Mitchell Asare Amoamah