Mr Michael Teye Nyaunu

Montie three remission made Ghanaians bitter - Teye Nyaunu

Daily Graphic Dec - 21 - 2016 , 07:47

A former Member of Parliament (MP) for Lower Manya Krobo, Mr Michael Teye Nyaunu, has offered one of the most blunt assessments of the National Democratic Congress's (NDC’s) failure to win the 2016 general election.

He argued that President Mahama’s clash with the Judiciary on the Montie three case made Ghanaians bitter, hence his defeat.

“I think the clash between the Executive and the Judiciary in respect of the Montie three release [was a factor in our defeat]. The way in which we handled that issue offended the sensibilities of a lot of Ghanaians,” he said on a political show, Inside Politics, on Accra-based Class FM.

Mr Nyaunu’s position comes barely days after the National Chairman of the party, Mr Kofi Portuphy, had called for calm among the rank and file of the party following a series of accusations and counter-accusations over who caused the party’s big defeat in the 2016 general election.

However, reflecting on the defeat, Mr Nyaunu posited that lack of coordination among the campaign team remained a crucial factor that led to the incumbent’s defeat.

“The party’s activities regarding the campaign were not coordinated very well. In fact, they were not coordinated at all, because we had a national campaign team but I never knew when they even attended meetings, not even for once.

“When the various campaign teams moved, for instance, the President’s campaign team, the Vice-President’s team, the Chief of Staff’s team and so on, not even one day did all these groups assemble to review their activities.

“We were just going on our ways like a pipe that is burst, flowing like that and not checking our back. I think that also didn’t augur well for us at all,” he said.