The flagbearer of the People’s National Convention (PNC) Dr. Edward Mahama says it was bad for the president to accept to host the two former Guantanamo detainees in the country ahead of a crucial election.
According to him, the decision betrays Ghana’s long held non-aligned foreign policy.
[contextly_sidebar id=”egPABIK2l7BrZid6B6xxy9r7br6ht0l3″]There has been a massive public outcry over government’s decision to host the two former supposed terrorists who according to America poses less risk for Ghana.
Speaking on the Ghana Report on Viasat1 TV on Monday, Dr. Edward Mahama said he would have rejected the former detainees if he were in the President’s position.
“Edward Mahama would not have brought the Guantanamo Bay people at this time because we are going into an election with a disputed voter register, we have seen within the parties incidence of violence and then you bring in people with violence. I think it is a wrong move.”
He argued that President has broken Ghana’s 60 years record of being non-aligned to any super power and that “by this one act we have aligned ourselves to America.”
“We were non-aligned when there was a bad polar world; Russia and America. We were non-aligned when there was a uni-polar when America alone was the super power. Now we have Rusia, China and America, I don’t think we should have taken this step,” Dr. Mahama added.
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By: Godwin A. Allotey/citifmonline.com/Ghana