I represent unifying force — JOY
The Independent Candidate in the 2016 presidential race, Mr Jacob Osei Yeboah, popularly known as JOY, has said he represents a unifying force that will address the polarisation in the country.
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He, therefore, called on the electorate to vote massively for him to unite the country for accelerated development.
He said his belief in an all-inclusive system of governance would help to address the political and ethnic-based division caused by the wrong implementation of multi-party democracy in the country.
“I believe in an all-inclusive-system of governance and, therefore, if you give me the nod, I will bring together the best personnel, policies and ideas of all political parties, traditional leaders, religious leaders and other important institutions of the Ghanaian society to form the government,” he said.
GBC STAR Ghana presidential encounter
When he took his turn at the maiden edition of the Presidential Encounter series being organised by the state broadcaster, the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC), he called on Ghanaians to reject the rule of political parties and vote for him as an independent candidate for an all-inclusive system of governance that would bring all political ideologies together to enhance national development.
The presidential encounter, which would be held every election year, is being organised in collaboration with Star Ghana, a civil society organisation, to give presidential candidates the platform to share their vision for the country with the electorate.
The encounter will also give the electorate the opportunity to interrogate the vision of the presidential candidates.
Mr Yeboah explained his belief in an all-inclusive governance as the reason he did not have parliamentary candidates contesting for him.
Collaboration
However, he said, even if he did not win the election, he was ready to collaborate with the winner by sharing his ideas and policies to complement that of the ruling government to enhance national development.
Asked if he did that when he lost the 2012 election, Mr Yeboah said yes and added, “during the power crises which was named “Dumsor”, I offered practical proposals which included the “switch-off-your-fridge campaign, among others which were imbibed by the government and brought result.”
He said he would not mind taking up an appointment in any ruling government, but on condition that if the ideologies of the party would not be beneficial to the people, it would not be imposed on him.
Although very optimistic about wining the 2016 presidential race, the independent candidate of the 2016 presidential race said winning an election was never a do or die affair.
He explained that the desperation for power by some politicians affiliated to political parties had led them into doing things that threatened the tranquility the country was currently enjoying.
