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CPP flagbearer accuses NDC, NPP of vote buying
Greenstreet, campaigning in the Central Region, accused the country's leading political parties of doing little to empower the fishing communities.
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“For 24 years since 1992, have you seen any change here? and you are in a fishing community," he told a rally at Anomabo.
"How much does a cold store cost? It is not expensive. And every 4 years they come to you back-door with the money, outboard motors, T-shirts, fishing nets, the promises and lies,” he added.
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Addressing a separate gathering Friday, he urged Ghanaians to accept any form of financial incentive given them by politicians but desist from voting for them.
"They will come in both the night and day and they will tell you lies. They will try and deceive you and give you money. Take the money because the money belongs to you; it is Ghana’s money. But know in your heart where the truth is, where the justice is, where the hope is and where the opportunity is for all the citizens of this nation,”he said.
In August this year, the Center for Democratic Development (CDD) in a survey revealed that National Democratic Congress (NDC) topped the list of vote-buying by 51 percent. The New Patriotic Party (NPP) was second with 32 percent. The CPP and PPP both recorded 4 percent each.
The gifts range from money, cars, clothes, outboard motors, farming equipment among others. These are given to the electorates by the political parties to influence their voting pattern.
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Greenstreet, asked electorates to vote for the CPP since the NDC and NPP who have governed the country for the past 24 years have done nothing to develop the living conditions of Ghanaians.
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