Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, leading member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has claimed that National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer, John Dramani Mahama benefitted immensely from the death of Jerry Rawlings during the 2020 polls, like he did in 2012 after ex-president Atta Mills’ death.
Although Mahama lost the elections and continue to challenge it in court, Gabby believes he had some sympathy votes from the demise of the NDC founder, Jerry Rawlings.
Below is Mr Otchere-Darko’s full Facebook post:
On Wednesday, January 27, President Rawlings will be laid to his rest. He died on Thursday, November 12, 2020, less than a month to the December 7 general elections.
Analysts and commentators are all busy ascribing all manner of reasons to the election results. What I am yet to hear is what contribution sympathy vote made to the results that the NDC registered for its presidential and parliamentary candidates.
Surely, like 2012, John Mahama benefited in 2020 from some sympathy votes from the passing of another former NDC leader and, this time, founder of the NDC.
Never mind the fact that Jerry Rawlings did not vote for John Mahama in 2012 and would probably not have voted for the NDC flagbearer in 2020, as well. Don’t discount sympathy votes. Shunned while alive, yet the party he created which shunned him drew support from his death. The irony of politics.
Source: GhanaFeed.com