The Comeback of John Mahama.

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History doesn’t just happen. It’s the actions and inactions of certain individuals that are recorded as history. If Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah had sat back and folded his arms and made excuses of how it was impossible for Ghana to achieve independence, he wouldn’t be remembered this much. Even if he would be remembered for something he may have done, history wouldn’t be this favourable to him.

Unless there is a specific clause in Ghana’s 1992 constitution that prevents a one term former president from contesting for elections again, I don’t see why Former President John Dramani Mahama can’t have a comeback in the 2020 elections.  I must admit that unless Ghanaians have lost faith in President Akuffo Addo, how will John Mahama unseat him. Well, he probably believes that if it was possible for Nana Addo to unseat him as a sitting president, then the same thing can happen to Nana Addo. Well, everything has its ups and downs. If John Mahama is able to win power in 2020, he will go down in history favourably, but if loses, well, history will place him somewhere deserving of his courage, maybe.

Many political commentators have shared their opinions on the matter in terms of the eligibility of John Mahama to contest. One of whom is the Managing Editor of the Searchlight newspaper Ken Kuranchie who says John Mahama is not eligible to contest for another elections because he is a former president and therefore belongs to our parliament. He sure needs the approval of the Parliament of Ghana before he can stage his comeback. Ken refers to Article 68(2) of the 1992 constitution which states: “The President shall not, on leaving office as president, hold any office of profit or emolument, except with the permission of Parliament, in any establishment, either directly or indirectly, other than that of the state.”

But does this really bar the former president his ambition to contest for another elections? Lawyer Martin Kpebu says no. well, we will very soon know which of the two dissenting opinions stands tall.

In the mean time, he has to defeat the likes of Alban Babgin, Prof. Joshua Alabi, Mr. Sylvester Mensah, Dr. Ekwow Spio Gabrah, etc, in the National Democratic congress, NDC flagbearership race.

Just a small question that I need an answer to, me, I am just asking, I am not saying he will lose. So what if Mahama loses 2020 too, will he come back in 2024?
     
                                   Yussif Scribes
  

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