…With this, they believed Rawlings had been in power for far too long and having “failed” to rescue Ghana’s economy from further downturn therefore the election was to see his exit but the Ghanaian electorates at the time did otherwise.
His inauguration in 1993 paved way for Presidential candidates bearing the name “John” to ascend to Ghana’s highest office after him (1993-2013). President J.J Rawlings’ era however succeeded in ending the dreams of anyone who had coup d’état in mind and made any attempt.
Moreover, the 1992 elections ended the Presidential ambitions of the then candidate for the New Patriotic Party.
Also 1993 saw the coming into effect of Ghana’s longest surviving constitution thus the 1992 constitution of Ghana(21 years).
History has repeated itself in so many ways entering the year 2013. First of all, a victory for John Dramani Mahama of the National Democratic Congress in the 2012 election is seriously being contested in court by the “opposition” New Patriotic Party led by its candidate Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
This party believes the outcome of the elections were not the true picture on the ground.
On this, Ghana’s Supreme Court’s decision could turn things the other way. Most NPP sympathizers and Ghanaians may expect three outcomes from the court. It could either be to maintain John Mahama as the President, a need for a re-run of the elections or Nana Addo becoming the President.
The NPP thinks the “poor” performance of the NDC government was enough ground to be kicked out of power but it was the other way round when the Electoral Commission of Ghana declared the final results of the 2012 elections...
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