The National Democratic Congress (NDC)’s Parliamentary aspirant for the, Domeabra-Obom constituency,\u00a0Sophia Karen Ackuaku, has denied assertions that she had urged her constituents to engage in “skirt and blouse” voting in the elections.<\/p>\n
She admonished the public to disregard the\u00a0alleged publication on peacefmonline.com, stating that it was completely false.<\/p>\n
“Skirt and blouse” voting is a phenomenon in elections where people vote for one party’s candidate in the presidential elections but vote for a different party’s candidate in the parliamentary polls.<\/p>\n
According to her, at no point in time during her visit to Tebu in the constituency, did she\u00a0advise the people to vote against President John Mahama in the presidential elections in November as the report had claimed.<\/p>\n
“At no point in time during our deliberation was the issue of who to vote for in this year\u2019s election came up for discussion. Is it not ironic, if not baffling, that I will impress on electorates to vote for me and vote against President Mahama in a constituency that has kept faith with the NDC since 2004 when it was created,” a a statement from the parliamentary aspirant said.<\/p>\n
“This publication is nothing far from fictional journalistic work cooked in a dilapidated kitchen of falsehood and deceit, and I appeal to the general public to ignore it for what it is-an obvious concoction intended to serve as stumbling block to our quest not only to retain the Domeabra-Obom seat, but deliver 90 percent of the presidential vote in aide of President Mahama\u2019s one-touch victory”<\/p>\n
She added that she was seeking legal advise on the matter and had demanded an apology from the managers of the online news portal.<\/p>\n
Below is her full statement:<\/strong><\/p>\n RE:NDC Parliamentary Candidate Urges \u201cSkirt and Blouse\u201d Voting<\/p>\n My attention has been drawn to a publication on\u00a0peacefmonline.comwith the aforementioned headline which is being attributed to me. Without wasting much time, let me put it on record without fear of contradiction that the said publication is spurious and must be treated with the needed contempt it deserves.<\/p>\n It is not surprising that the said story is emanating from the stables of a news website which has for some time now gained remarkable achievement for absolute creativity and total disregard for the key journalistic ingredient called, truth.<\/p>\n For the records, the chiefs and opinion leaders of Tebu, one of the villages in the constituency invited me to a meeting last week Thursday to discuss how to solve problems affecting them. I dutifully honoured their invitation, and I was supported by the constituency organizer, the constituency women organizer and her deputy, the constituency deputy youth organizer who doubles as assemblyman of the area and other members of my campaign team.<\/p>\n At no point in time during our deliberation was the issue of who to vote for in this year\u2019s election came up for discussion. Is it not ironic, if not baffling, that I will impress on electorates to vote for me and vote against President Mahama in a constituency that has kept faith with the NDC since 2004 when it was created?<\/p>\n This publication is nothing far from fictional journalistic work cooked in a dilapidated kitchen of falsehood and deceit, and I appeal to the general public to ignore it for what it is-an obvious concoction intended to serve as stumbling block to our quest not only to retain the Domeabra-Obom seat, but deliver 90 percent of the presidential vote in aide of President Mahama\u2019s one-touch victory. My support for President Mahama and his\u00a0re-election\u00a0bid is unquestionable and cannot be tainted with fictional piece of journalistic work by persons behind this dastardly act.<\/p>\n I demand a retraction and an unqualified apology from managers of\u00a0peacefmonline.com. While on it, I have referred the matter to my lawyers for advice.<\/p>\n \u2026\u2026signed\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n Sophia Karen Ackuaku <\/p>\n By: citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The National Democratic Congress (NDC)’s Parliamentary aspirant for the, Domeabra-Obom constituency,\u00a0Sophia Karen Ackuaku, has denied assertions that she had urged her constituents to engage in “skirt and blouse” voting in the elections. She admonished the public to disregard the\u00a0alleged publication on peacefmonline.com, stating that it was completely false. “Skirt and blouse” voting is a phenomenon […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":229758,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[58],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nNDC Parliamentary Candidate, Domeabra-Obom<\/p>\n