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The National Democratic Congress (NDC) is not prepared for what it describes as a “kangaroo election,” which it alleges the ruling government is advocating for Election 2008.
The NDC accused the NPP government of running the country to satisfy the interest of a few, what the opposition interprets as “kangaroo governance.”
“If the NPP has run a kangaroo government with a kangaroo court system and a kangaroo everything we have in this country and they are not ashamed of it, they are now coming out openly to say that they are hoping for a kangaroo election,” general secretary of the NDC, Johnson Asiedu Nketia told Joy News.
He was reacting to accusations by the Convention People’s Party (CPP) that some political parties had been imitating its campaign slogans and catchphrases.
Mr Asiedu Nketia rubbished the claims by the CPP, adding, “I am not aware of any copyright slogan or motto that has been registered with the Electoral Commission which we are infringing upon.”
Kangaroos in Ghana
The Australian Kangaroo
Political parties in the country have adopted several swaths of symbols and gestures, especially towards the 2008 polls.
The gestures have been a mix of “kangaroo dances” and expressions of authority, all designed by the parties to run each other chewy and churn out popular support.
“The ruling NPP government has adopted kangaroo to win Election 2008 hands down ,” a party official said in Accra.
The dance is performed with both arms stretched and rhythmically moved forward and backward to mimic the movement of the Australian kangaroo.
NDC, others run out of imagination
The CPP has said that its symbols, slogans and catchphrases are being imitated by other political parties in the Election 2008 contest.
The First National Vice Chairman of the CPP, Dr Abu Sakara has already cautioned the NDC to desist from the use of its (CPP’s) slogans.
The CPP official said its catchphrases and slogans which it developed as part of its campaign strategy are being imitated by the NDC.
“We will like to caution members of the other political parties who for lack of imagination have begun using our slogans,” Dr Sakara warned.
The CPP said it has long been known to be using the slogan “yere sesam,” an Akan expression translated “we’re bringing change.”
He stated that political parties using such slogans are perpetrating sheer lack of innovative ideas.
