Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin, the Minority Leader in Parliament, has denied suggestions that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) intends to make Ghana ungovernable following the arrest of its members.
According to the Minority leader, the NPP as a party has not said we will make the country ungovernable.
The minority leader explained that the party will continue to use constitutional tools to express its concerns, but never threatened to destabilise the country.
Speaking in an exclusive interview with GTV Ghana, Afenyo-Markin, “To make the country ungovernable?? I’ve not said that. NPP as a party hasn’t said that. I mean, with respect. I’m saying that we are part of the governance ecosystem.
It would be an overreach for a political party like ours to say that the country would be made ungovernable. I mean, within the context of what is happening, I don’t think that that is what the party has said,” he said.
Afenyo-Markin further spoke on the Abronye case saying, “In the Abronye case, for instance, the ordinary person, when properly explained to him, would come to a conclusion that if the judge made this comment, and these were the preliminary actions of the judge, then indeed this judge should not be the one to sit for the full trial, because obviously he is prejudiced,” he explained.
“As Parliament, we will use the constitutional tools we have to drum up the need to ensure that rights are respected. That is not to say that as a party we are equally endorsing excesses of certain actions of our members,” he clarified.
“If indeed the security agencies are looking at it with a fair eye, with a fair mind, then why have they also not been arrested?” he asked.
Meanwhile, Salam Mustapha, the National Youth Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has warned the John Mahama-led government that they will weaponise our support base and make this country extremely ungovernable.
According to Salam Mustapha, if the nonsense doesn’t stop, the NPP will weaponise their support base and make this country extremely ungovernable for them.
He made comments when the NPP paid a courtesy visit to the Dean of the Diplomatic Corps.
Salam Mustapha accused the Mahama government of targeting members of the opposition party.
Speaking to journalists on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, Salam Mustapha warned, “If this nonsense doesn’t stop, we will weaponise our support base and make this country extremely ungovernable for them”.
“We are sending this warning and caution to the government to release Abronye; otherwise, should anything happen to Abronye in custody, you’ll have us to contend with,” he added.
“And this constant harassment and intimidation of NPP people, if you people don’t stop it, we’ll make sure that we react in such a way that you will not be happy with us,” he stated.
“You have a country to govern, and we are here to support you and give you the best of advice from an opposition point of view. If you turn us into enemies, we will give you rebellion,” he said.
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