Former general secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party, Kwabena Agyei Agyapong, has stated that the NPP’s unprecedented victory in 2016 and its failure to retain the majority of seats it captured after the 2020 elections were not favourable to the party.
He stated that the party’s inability to retain its parliamentary majority should inform their decision to assess why Ghanaian voters would make such a decision.
He stated that the party should investigate why Ghanaians made that decision. This should be a wake-up call to the party that the Ghanaian voter is warning us.
“They (voters) have issued a warning or hint. The popular vote was cut in half. That is what I believe the president should take away from the fact that we may have done something that the Ghanaian people did not like.”
He was responding to questions about his thoughts on the party’s performance thus far.
He went on to say that the government has two more years to turn things around because in politics, one week is a long time.
Kwabena Agyei Agyapong stated that everything he speaks about comes from his heart.
He urged the President to take the sound advice of some party members.
On the economy, he said that if he were in the shoes of the Finance Minister, he would have resigned following his remarks about the IMF.
He stated that the Minister should not be in charge of the discussions because he has stated that Ghana will not go to the IMF.
He also indicated that we are going through very difficult economic times, but he was optimistic that things would improve.
Aside from these concerns, he noted that the NPP has been in power for six years and that it is not prudent for them to continue blaming the previous administration for some of Ghana’s problems.
He admitted that “when the NPP came in, the economy was in a bad shape, and he cited previous power agreements signed by the NDC government, claiming that the NPP should have dealt with the problem right away, and that if you don’t, you can’t blame it six years later.
“The rates we were paying were unheard of, and it left a large gap. But once we take over the office, you must go to Ghanaians and explain your situation. Another difficulty was the issue of Saglemi Housing.”
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
