[ 2016-10-23 ]

Tina Mensah chickens out of Weija-Gbawe parliamentary debate
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary
aspirant for Weija-Gbawe constituency Tina Mensah
and her supporters failed to turn up at a Town
Hall debate for parliamentary candidates on
Saturday.

The debate being organized by the National
Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) with support
from the Coalition for Domestic Elections
Observers (CODEO) and the Centre for Democratic
Development (CDD-Ghana) was providing a platform
for the parliamentary aspirants to outline their
vision to the constituents.

The organisers said they were “taken by
surprise” following the “conspicuous absence
of the main opposition party at such an
“important national event.”

The National Democratic Congress (NDC)
parliamentary candidate Obuobia Darko-Opoku and
her teeming supporters waited for close to two
hours hoping the debate will come off, but had to
leave the grounds – the Presbyterian Church at
Gbawe – with disappointment.
“It’s quite unfortunate it has ended up this
way,” Obuobia told the media. “I’ve been
here throughout and ever ready and prepared for
this anywhere and any day because I believe in
democracy. The people will be the best judges.”

Although the main opposition is yet to issue any
official reason for the late pull out, Patrick
Kumor, the campaign manager of Madam Mensah, took
to Facebook and described the intended debate as
“cooked.”

“Doing what’s most important, not your cooked
up debate!! @Project site at Wiaboman,” Mr.
Kumor posted on his Facebook wall.

Source - Starrfm

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