The hint was
dropped by the party's General Secretary, Kofi Asamoah Siaw, yesterday
in protest against the flawed December 7 polls' as he put it.
He
said the polls were flawed and sending a delegation or partaking in it
as though nothing was amiss was not the right thing to do.
"We
consider the December 7 polls a flawed process, the product of which is
the declaration of President Mahama as President-elect.
"Sending
a delegation to the event or even taking part in it is giving
legitimacy to what was by all standards a flawed polls," he told Daily
Guide.
"We are calling for electoral reforms in the country. We
have not heard from the Peace Council and EC regarding this call. We
think that there is a deliberate attempt at scuttling attempts at
effecting electoral reforms," he said.
"We cannot go and sit
there and smile as if all is well and give legitimacy to a flawed
electoral process. Our non-appearance at the inauguration is a way of
registering our disapproval of the flawed elections."
The flag bearer of the PPP, Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom, he said, was in the United States attending to family issues.
Daily
Guide gathered that the gentleman left the country fuming over what for
him was the incessant talk about peace when injustice had taken centre
stage in the scheme of things in the political system.
The PPP
was one of the vocal parties contesting the authenticity of the outcome
of the December 7 polls and the declaration of President Mahama as
winner, arguing that some of their votes were stolen and given to the
NDC in some constituencies across the country, although they did not
head for the Supreme Court as did the NPP.
The PPP has however endorsed the action of the NPP.
The
NPP National Council, the second highest decision making body outside
congress, had resolved that the party would not take part in the
inauguration because of the pending court case.
Party General
Secretary, Kwadwo Owusu-Afriyie said the decision was taken “in order to
undermine the critical principle of any democracy that the results of
an election should reflect the voice of the majority of voters, not the
voice of those who count, collate or declare the results.”
"We
take this opportunity to remind the general public and our supporters
that the scheduled inauguration of John Dramani Mahama as President of
the Republic is without prejudice to the outcome of the case in the
Supreme Court.
"We urge our supporters to continue to remain
calm as we seek justice at the Supreme Court. The petitioners have put
their case before Court, and we leave it for the Court to judge its
merits." he said.
source: Daily Guide
Monday, 7 January 2013
PPP joins NPP in boycott of Mahama's inauguration
