{"id":93238,"date":"2015-02-20T14:12:47","date_gmt":"2015-02-20T14:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=93238"},"modified":"2015-02-20T14:21:03","modified_gmt":"2015-02-20T14:21:03","slug":"ghanaians-suffering-because-supreme-court-upheld-mahamas-election-sir-john","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/02\/ghanaians-suffering-because-supreme-court-upheld-mahamas-election-sir-john\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghanaians suffering because Supreme Court upheld Mahama\u2019s election – Sir John"},"content":{"rendered":"
Former General Secretary of the NPP Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie has attributed the current economic challenges to the Supreme Court\u2019s ruling in the election petition, that said President Mahama indeed, won the 2012 presidential elections.<\/p>\n
Mr. Owusu Afriyie affectionately called Sir John, said in an interview on the Point Blank<\/strong> segment on Eyewitness News<\/strong> \u00a0by affirming John Mahama winner of the 2012 election, the Supreme Court endorsed an “incompetent” government.<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”xa9O3eQfrVJCKbm6QbOJ2p5lRTNtUFKg”]The NPP\u00a0 challenged the results of the 2012 elections<\/strong><\/span><\/a> at the Supreme Court alleging the results were rigged in favour John Dramani Mahama but the Court ruled in favour of the President.<\/p>\n \u201cThey knew that it was not for them at the end and the conclusion of the matter they saw the judgment that was bequeathed to this country and we are all suffering as a result of that.\u201d<\/p>\n The economic challenges have compelled government to resort to the International Monetary Fund to seek support to turn the economy around.<\/p>\n Other pressure groups, including Occupy Ghana have also taken to the streets<\/strong><\/span><\/a> to protest against government’s handling of the economy.<\/p>\n He insisted the NPP is not playing politics with the economic situation but insisted that \u201cIf you prophesy that the country is going to be in ruins you are also in it and I am happy we are all {in it} together.\u201d<\/p>\n