The current administration of the New Patriotic Party has exhibited its greed and failure. Because of this, as many as 2.1 million people exited the party from their hearts. For the first time in the political history of this Fourth Republic, a ruling party lost fifty seats in Parliament at the end of its second term of government.
Without shame, the leadership of the NPP are out there comparing, H.E. J.A. Kufuor’s first time, in 1996, where he got 39.67% to Bawumia’s first time, in 2024, where he got 41.61% and claims Bawumia performed better.
Comparing mangoes with cassava. For what they cleverly hid from us, is that when Kufuor first contested, his party was not in government. But in the case of Bawumia, his party was in power.
In 2000, when Mills contested for the first time, his party, the NDC, was in power and he secured 43.10%. In 2008, Nana Addo contested for the first time and his party, the NPP, was in power. He secured 49.77%. But even with his party in power Bawumia secured 41.61%, as a first timer making him the worst.
The current NPP administration took over in 2022 and instead of improving on what the previous administration did, losing 32 seats in 2020, it went on to do the worst, losing forty-nine more seats when NPP was in power.
Instead of honourably resigning from office, these failed executives, want people to believe that the party’s loss was not their making and they are doing everything possible to retain themselves in office.
To achieve this, they are introducing the Top-Bottom Approach, where the flag bearer would be elected first, contrarily to the party’s constitution, which mandates the election of flag bearer as the last internal election.
What exactly is this Top-Bottom Approach? During the campaigning of the aspirants, each would definitely get supporters from the constituencies and regions. So, the flag bearer elect, would only pick from his teeming supporters to occupy all offices including becoming parliamentary candidates. That is the agenda.
In the end, a grand imposition would occur resulting in the party being run by quacks and sycophants and there will be more divisions than ever before.
Then come 2028, the NPP may not get anything above 60 seats in Parliament. So, unless another party from the roots of the UP Tradition comes along then this most noble tradition built on liberal democracy, will fade into thin air.
This is what the Establishment wants, and this will fulfil the desires of Nkrumaists including those now comfortably in the NPP, who have been fasting and praying since February 1966 that the UP Tradition should be extinguished like a candle in the wind.
It is about time all true liberal democrats in the NPP who believe in its original standards and principles and all true adherents of the UP Tradition, rise up and save the tradition. The NPP needs redemption, and it is now.
The Lord Jesus Christ said in Matthew 10:26, that, “… there is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, and nothing hidden that will not be made known,” and so it is that no other person than Chairman Wontumi, NPP’s Ashanti regional chairman, could come out on social media to reveal the secrets of the Establishment.
He revealed that the whole idea of this Top-Bottom Approach is to maintain the carefully picked delegates who voted in the 2023 presidential primaries, so that they can vote again in 2026.
They were carefully picked because, in some cases, nomination forms were given out only to believers and in others, polling station executive elections were conducted at dawn, to favour the selected few.
Speaking to a gathering, Wontumi went on to say that no one should blame Bawumia for the defeat. Many people, according to him, refused to vote because the goodies distributed by the party did not get to them.
This is where the Ashanti regional chairman did not make any sense in supporting the retaining of the current executives. During the campaigning season, party officers received gifts of cash and kind, but instead of equitably distributing them to as many electorates as possible, they kept all to themselves, making many people disappointed and angry with the flag bearer and the party, so they decided not to go and vote. Are these delegates to be trusted? Instead of spreading goodies, like buying kokoo and koose as breakfast treat for an elderly fellow, they kept everything to themselves.
And again, there are reports that in some polling stations, Bawumia had no votes at all. What happened to the five polling station executive members? They collected money from Bawumia but instead of going round to campaign for him, they not only relax but also just refused to go and vote.
These acts, defeat the Top-Bottom Approach agenda. This failed administration has done enough to destroy Bawumia and the NPP. All executives, from polling station to national must humbly resign and be replaced with better elected officers, through the usual Bottom-Top Approach, and after that the party will go on to elect parliamentary candidates and then the flag bearer.
This Top-Bottom Approach is a scam to maintain the real enemies of the party, who want to use Bawumia again to create wealth for themselves. This failed administration must go.
Hon. Daniel Dugan
Editor’s note: Views expressed in this article do not represent that of The Chronicle
