The former Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu, says the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, is the right person to become Ghana’s next President.
According to him, although the former President is not a saint, he has the experience needed to address the issues created by the Akufo-Addo administration.
“John Dramani Mahama is not a saint, but he is nobody’s poodle. He has the experience, as a former president, to audit the mess that the Nana Akufo-Addo/Bawumia government will leave behind,” Amidu stated.
He acknowledged having had differences with John Mahama in the past but emphasized that Mahama possesses the experience required to ensure probity and accountability in the country.
“I have had problems with John Dramani Mahama in the past, which are documented on my website. The constitutional situation on our hands, however, demands pragmatism to ensure probity and accountability after an eight-year tenure of government. We need a candidate who can command a sizeable parliamentary representation to actualize an audit of the previous government,” he added.
In one of his epistles, released three days before the 2024 general election, Amidu alleged that President Akufo-Addo fears being audited by John Mahama.
He, therefore, urged Ghanaians to vote against the NPP on December 7 to protect the country’s constitution.
“John Dramani Mahama, whose audit Nana Akufo-Addo fears, ought to be the best bet for the integrity of the 1992 Constitution in our present circumstances. The 1992 Constitution does not enshrine dynasty or inheritance by cronyism, and that is why the electorate should aim for a change in government on 7 December 2024, to defend and preserve the Constitution of our Fourth Republic. Ghana must always come first,” Amidu emphasized.
He further dismissed the candidacy of Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, stating, “I cannot, as a person born in the then NT, recommend Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia as a person with the traits of honesty, integrity, and selfless service exhibited by our forebears from the NT to the Republic of Ghana, to be elected on 7 December 2024 as president, symbolizing a representation of northerners on an NPP ticket for Ghana.”
Amidu, who previously served as Attorney General under an NDC government, has been an outspoken critic of President Nana Akufo-Addo, whom he described as the “mother serpent of corruption” after resigning as the country’s first Special Prosecutor in 2020.
He cited a lack of support to investigate and prosecute corruption cases within the NPP administration as one of his reasons for stepping down.
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