{"id":65903,"date":"2014-11-18T10:59:32","date_gmt":"2014-11-18T10:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=65903"},"modified":"2014-11-18T12:01:32","modified_gmt":"2014-11-18T12:01:32","slug":"daniel-amartey-suspects-foul-play-in-ndc-election-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=65903","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Amartey suspects &#8216;foul play&#8217; in NDC election defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The defeated Greater Accra Regional Chairman aspirant of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), Daniel Amartey has expressed disappointment in events that led to his defeat at the party&#8217;s just ended regional congress.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Daniel Amartey lost with 103 votes to incumbent Chairman, <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/11\/15\/ade-coker-retained-accra-ndc-chair\/\" target=\"_blank\">Joseph Ade Coker who polled 157 votes<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0in the party&#8217;s just ended Greater Accra Regional election.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;Lx7MH3m8gcMVbb9rTEwgfrCnAgJmRIIy&#8221;]Speaking to <strong>Citi News<\/strong>, Daniel Amartey said he lost gallantly even though he suspected foul play and what he described as \u201cvote buying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He insisted that \u201cthe things that happened on Friday and Saturday were not something anybody should recommend or support because it was too bad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Former President John Rawlings had earlier accused\u00a0the former executives of the party in the Greater Accra Region <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/11\/13\/ndc-bound-lose-2016-elections-rawlings\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>of unsatisfactory performance since they assumed office<\/strong><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Amartey contested with three others including Steven Akwetey and Henry Ekow Manly Spain who polled 52 and 22 respectively.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The former President had tipped Stephen Akwetey as the most eligible aspirant among the rest of the aspirants who were contending the position in the region.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The former Ledzokuku Krowor Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Daniel Amartey further admitted that it was a challenging election process and even though he lost he is still hopeful of another opportunity in the future.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Patricia Conteh\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The defeated Greater Accra Regional Chairman aspirant of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), Daniel Amartey has expressed disappointment in events that led to his defeat at the party&#8217;s just ended regional congress. 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