The Member of Parliament for Damongo and a member of the Dr Mahamudu Bawumia campaign team, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has said a peaceful, fair election on January 31 will be another step towards the NPP’s revival.
Abu Jinapor called on all NPP members to ensure a peaceful, fair and orderly conduct of its presidential primary on Saturday, January 31.
Speaking on The Point of View on Monday, January 26, Jinapor stated, “How the NPP conducts itself on Saturday, January 31st, will have far-reaching implications for the fortunes or the forward march of the party.
If we, as it should be, can conduct a peaceful, fair, orderly, decorous election on Saturday, January 31st, that will be another major step towards the revival of the NPP.”
Also, Salam Mustapha, the National Youth Organiser of the NPP, has to place party unity above all things.
He cautioned that the verbal attacks could worsen divisions within the party.
Salam Mustapha stated, “I pray and hope that we will all, post-January 31, seek genuine reconciliation and build a united, stronger party fit for purpose to take on the NDC”.
Meanwhile, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, the Minority Leader in parliament, has warned the NPP that every single insult traded, every unsubstantiated allegation, every attempt to demonise a rival becomes a weapon for their opponent’s tomorrow.
According to Afenyo-Markin, factionalism may energise internal contests, but it weakens the party’s capacity to win national elections.
He further added that he was saddened to hear Professor Frimpong Boateng say publicly that he did not vote in the 2024 elections.
Speaking at the signing of a peace pact by NPP flagbearer aspirants, Afenyo-Markin state, “Factionalism may energise internal contests, but it weakens the party’s capacity to win national elections and to govern effectively. I was saddened to hear the respected Professor Frimpong Boateng say publicly that he did not vote in the 2024 elections. This is what division can do to us. It is unfortunate”.
“Unity is not a slogan, it is a discipline to disagree without destroying one another,” he said.
“It is the humility to accept outcomes we may not like and the maturity to place the national project above personal disappointment. Every single insult traded, every unsubstantiated allegation, every attempt to demonise a rival today becomes a weapon in our opponent’s hand tomorrow,” he warned.
The minority leader further touched on the peace pact saying, “Today is not an ordinary party ritual. It is a test of leadership and patriotism. This peace pact is not only about who wins on January 31. It is about whether on 1st February and beyond, the NPP will still be strong, united and credible in the eyes of Ghanaians.”
“Ghana is watching a party that has, at its best, delivered significant reforms. Ghana is also watching a party that is anxious, polarised and yearning for competent, honest and visionary leadership. Whenever the NPP is united, it is formidable, and whenever it is divided, it bleeds, and Ghana pays the price,” he said.
“A fractured NPP does not only risk losing another election. It weakens Parliament’s ability, especially the Minority’s ability, to stand as a bulwark against excesses, impunity, and bad governance,” he said.