Food and Agriculture Minister Bryan Acheampong has walked back his controversial comments at a recent campaign rally, saying they were misconstrued as a call to violence.
The Abetifi MP’s initial statement – that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) would stop at nothing to win the December 7 elections – sparked widespread concern and calls for restraint.
In a clarifying interview with Citi News, Acheampong emphasized that his remarks were meant to highlight the NPP’s strategic efforts to secure victory, not incite unrest.
He pointed out the perceived double standard in reactions to similar statements from opposing parties, arguing that his comments were blown out of proportion.
“Omane Boamah said they [the NDC] were going to fight for political power and get 57.3 percent. What did the NPP say? Nothing, because we know that some of these thoughts are just for nothing.
Acheampong stressed that winning elections ultimately comes down to polling station results, and his party is focused on securing votes through legitimate means.”
“When the NDC said that we should go and carve our stool and sit on it and that they would never give us the presidential seat, what did we do? We know winning elections in this country, it is won at the polling station.
“Whatever they [the NDC] want to do to win the election is what they are doing and then for the NPP, whatever we have to do to win the election is what we will do because at the end of the day, the votes will be cast and they will be counted and the winner will be declared so how come when they say something, there is nothing wrong and then when I say that we will win the election, and somebody says why would I say that we will win the election? He concluded.
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