The ruling New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) parliamentary majority group has challenged opposition National Democratic Congress’s (NDC) presidential candidate, John Mahama, to engage in a presidential debate with Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia, who is the NPP’s flagbearer.
Majority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin, speaking to the press at Parliament House in Accra, repeated his call for former President Mahama to participate in a presidential debate, saying: “For Ghanaians to really know who is who, who is ready to address the challenges in the economy, he should join in the Debate.”
“Let the two of them debate on the issues, nobody should run away from the Debate, and it is only through a debate that we will know who is truly ready to run the economy of this country,” Mr Afenyo-Markin stated.
“We the Majority Caucus are by this calling on President John Dramani Mahama, former President of Ghana and Flagbearer of the NDC not to run away from the Debate. Not to stay away from debating Dr Bawumia.
“We are not afraid of the facts and the figures, we are not afraid of our track records, we know that we have not achieved a hundred per cent success, we concede that there are challenges, but we are far better in terms of governance.”
According to the Majority Leader, their flagbearer, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, is eager to engage in a debate on key issues, which is why they are urging former President Mahama to participate.
“We don’t believe in politics of name callings, politics of insults, politics of insinuations and all. We believe that the facts can speak for themselves. And the only way to give Ghanaians the opportunity to compare and to look at which of the two parties really had them at heart is for us to have a debate,” he stated.
“So, the NDC should not run away from any debate, there should be no excuses for debate. Debate is the only means of determining who is best suited to run the country from 2025.”
The Majority Leader noted that Dr. Bawumia has already presented his vision for Ghana’s future, focusing on a digital economy, and invited the NDC to contest this vision through a debate, if they so wish.
Story by: Michael Seh
