The National Democratic Congress is accusing the ruling New Patriotic Party of blatantly inducing delegates with monies and gifts, to get them endorse the candidates they will file for the December 7 parliamentary elections.
The National Communications Officer of the party, Sammy Gyamfi in his address at the party’s weekly briefing today said, the NPP have proven how corrupt and dishonest they are to their members and the Ghanaian electorate with that single event.
He cried that the NPP have normalised bribery and corruption in their party.
“…that whole establishment has been reduced to a criminal syndicate under President Akufo Addo. Bribery and corruption is the norm in the New Patriotic Party now.
“Even when they saw your cameras, they did not shy away from the distribution of money, motorbikes, television sets, and some fighting over the money. Over the years these things have been done in secrecy but this time round they are doing it with boldness. They are doing it courageously in the full glare of the police and the media”
Sammy Gyamfi continued that the NPP is bound to lose the 2020 elections. He justified that the loss of some 40 Members of Parliament in the just ended primaries of the NPP, is a clear indication of their imminent defeat in the general elections.
“If you go for parliamentary primaries and you have people in parliamentary leadership working closely with the President to deliver on his mandate to the people, losing their seat at this alarming rate… this is not the first time incumbent MPs are losing in primaries but we are talking about 40 out of 101.
“That should tell you that even NPP supporters are even not happy with the performance of these MPs, Regional Ministers, Deputy Ministers, who are working together with President Akufo Addo. So it shows that they are not performing well”, Mr. Gyamfi concluded.