Member of the Movement for Change Dr. Susan Adu Amankwah attributed the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) decisive defeat in the recent elections to widespread voter dissatisfaction.
The NPP, which held a significant majority in both the presidency and parliament in 2020, suffered a substantial loss in both the presidential and parliamentary races. Their presidential vote share plummeted from over 53% to approximately 41%, and their parliamentary seats decreased from 136 to around 75.
In an interview on GHOne TV with Lily Mohammed on Wednesday, December 18th, 2024, Dr. Amankwah described the NPP as depleted and discouraged.
“Financially debilitating, they’re emotionally drained, and they’re physically exhausted,” she stated.
She explained that the electorate rejected the NPP’s governance trajectory.
“It’s painful when you lose; it’s a painful thing. So, when you hear some of them talk, it’s understandable the way they talk, as if everybody is their enemy. Ghanaians have decided that the direction you were taking us, we didn’t want. I think Afrobarometer says that 87% of Ghanaians said they didn’t like the direction the country was going. The NPP should have taken a cue from that; people were actually fed up with the direction in which they were taking us and decided that they would teach them a lesson,” Dr. Amankwah noted.
She cautioned the incoming NDC government against complacency, warning that similar voter rejection awaits them if they fail to deliver.
“So, as much as it’s painful, they should heal their wounds quietly and not foster their bitterness on us; we’ve done what’s good for us, or what we believed is good for us. Therefore, we’ve also sent a message to the NDC: if you come and you’re arrogant, we’ll teach you a lesson; it’s as simple as that; it’s a lesson to both political parties,” she emphasized.
