{"id":358023,"date":"2017-09-30T06:01:20","date_gmt":"2017-09-30T06:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=358023"},"modified":"2017-11-10T11:09:25","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T11:09:25","slug":"i-didnt-criticize-mahama-to-destroy-him-bagbin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/09\/i-didnt-criticize-mahama-to-destroy-him-bagbin\/","title":{"rendered":"I didn\u2019t criticize Mahama to destroy him \u2013 Bagbin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament and member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/09\/26\/mahama-wouldve-won-if-ndc-took-my-advice-bagbin\/\">Alban Bagbin<\/a><\/span>,\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>has said that his public criticisms of former President John Mahama were not to \u201cdestroy\u201d him but to \u201cimprove\u201d him.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, although the former president did not take his comments lightly initially, he later accepted and appreciated them.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;Zj5weJbBR8A4hX7I5kkfrekNaUnT5Jtw&#8221;]<span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/05\/02\/nadowlikaleo-ndc-wants-bagbin-in-2020-flagbearership-race\/\">Alban Bagbin<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, who is one of Ghana\u2019s longest-serving\u00a0MPs, has been accused by some members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), of being one of the people responsible for the 2016 election loss of the John Mahama government.<\/p>\n<p>They said Bagbin\u2019s open criticism of the incumbent government was of malicious intent, and made it unpopular hence the loss. But reacting to the claims on <strong>Eyewitness News<\/strong>, Alban Bagbin said his criticisms of the John Mahama government was out of the genuine interest in the development of the country.<\/p>\n<p>He said he had similarly criticized former Presidents including Jerry John Rawlings, John Evans Atta-Mills and John Kufuor openly\u00a0on issues he disagreed with them over.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not just former President Mahama that I have criticized. It doesn\u2019t show that I criticize to destroy, I criticize to improve. I believe strongly that even though the former president did not take kindly to those criticisms, he took it in good faith later and made revisions on some of his stance and it helped improve governance\u2026.We worked harmoniously, we did a lot of things together until we lost power in 2016. Even during the campaign, I was in touch with him,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Alban Bagbin added that, it will be false to say that his relationship with John Mahama had grown bitter due to his criticisms.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cI rather played a part in strengthening his [Mahama] governance. It is not only the criticism of some conduct that I made as far back as 2013. I did support him in many ways to improve on governance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At an event to celebrate his 25th year in Ghanaian politics, the Nadoli\/Kaleo legislator declared to journalists that his presidential ambitions were \u201cas clear as daylight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said he considers himself a notch above all the other persons who have been touted as potential flagbearers, including\u00a0former Minister of Trade and Industry, Ekow Spio-Garbrah, and former National Health Insurance Scheme CEO, Sylvester Mensah.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI stand tall amongst those who have come out so far. There is none of them\u2026 who doesn\u2019t admire my leadership because I have led all of them in politics,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Many have said his open declaration of interest to contest for the flagbearership position is only to frustrate former president John Mahama who many believe will contest in the party\u2019s primaries ahead of election 2020.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Jonas Nyabor\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament and member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Alban Bagbin,\u00a0has said that his public criticisms of former President John Mahama were not to \u201cdestroy\u201d him but to \u201cimprove\u201d him. According to him, although the former president did not take his comments lightly initially, he later accepted and appreciated them. 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