Member of Parliament for the Tamale Central Constituency, Inusah Fuseini has said his advice to former president John Dramani Mahama to declare himself as president-elect and form a parallel government is a personal view he expressed and not a stance of the party.
According to Inusah Fuseini, he only made the suggestion to the NDC’s presidential candidate after learning from a book published by a prominent member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) who had advised the NPP’s presidential candidate in the 1992 election to form a parallel government following the party’s rejection of the 1992 presidential election results.
He argued that just like the NPP did not form a parallel government though the idea had been contemplated, his advice to Mr. Mahama does not mean that the NDC intends to form an opposing government to the next Akufo-Addo’s government.
“Let’s understand that the view is not original. In 1992, that view was expressed by no less person than Akenten Appiah-Menka who was a lawyer and a politician. He wrote it in his book. I got the first idea that someone can do that (from that book). They didn’t carry through with the threat of forming a parallel government. No one says the NDC is going to carry through with it,” he said.
The former Lands and Natural Resource Minister under the Mahama’s administration attracted public backlash following his advice to the NDC’s Flag bearer for the 2020 election to pronounce himself president and form a parallel government.
Mr. Fuseini had justified his position with the claim that it was a way of ending “the impunity” of the Akufo-Addo’s government.
His advice, however, has not gone done well with a section of the public as they deemed it as an irresponsible comment.
His critics argued that such an advice if heeded to could destabilize the country.
Alhaji Inusah Fuseini who admitted that forming a parallel government could destabilize the country said he was just expressing an already expressed view and that his party has no intention of doing so.
“That was a view expressed then. That is a view I have expressed now. Is it a threat on our nation peace? It could be. In that book, he said it could lead to civil unrest. So now too if that is done, it could lead to civil unrest. You must contemplate that,” he stated.
