Kwaku Sintim-Misa (KSM), a Ghanaian satirist and anti-corruption advocate, has advised the New Patriotic Party(NPP) to move from brawn to brains.
According to KSM, being macho does not make you who you are, adding that the NPP must understand that Ghanaians have moved from brawn to brains.
Speaking on KSM UNFILTERED, hosted by Bridget Otoo, Kwaku Sintim-Misa stated, “We have moved from brawn to brain; it’s all brain work; it’s not about being macho that makes you who you are. The numbers don’t mean anything to me; they can be 76 in parliament, but if you hear the quality of the debate and argument, it will feel like it has an impact on a majority.
It’s time everyone understands that we are moving from brawn to brains. Let us use our brains”.
He further asserted that Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has allowed partisan issues to crowd his intelligence.
According to KSM, Dr Bawumia’s statement about when the fundamentals are weak, the exchange rate will expose you is true, but Dr Bawumia that statement only implied to the NDC when they were in government, which was wrong.
He added, “My thoughts on Bawumia: he has allowed partisan issues to crowd his own intelligence. The statement he made, which we still laugh at him for, is that when the fundamentals are weak, the exchange rate will expose you; it is true.
His truth was that it was only true when the NDC was in power. But it doesn’t matter who was in power; his truth was that when the NDC was in power, that is when the fundamentals were weak. That is where he got it wrong”.
He further added, “But he has apologies, when asked by Bridget Otoo if he believes Dr Bawumia’s apology, KSM stated, “No, the apology is politics. The NPP needs to shift from brawn to brains”.
However, Minority Leader, Afenyo-Markin, has boldly stated that the NDC majority in parliament cannot match the NPP minority when it comes to debating on the floor of parliament.
Afenyo-Markin highlighted that while the majority holds the numerical advantage, the minority excels in terms of content and consistently delivers high-quality submissions.
According to Afenyo-Markin, the majority caucus having sleepless nights tells him that his caucus is doing something right.
The minority leader asserted that he might not like the way the majority leader is doing things, but that is his method that he has adopted.
Speaking on Asaasepa FM, Afenyo-Markin stated, “Seeing the heat from us, I think it is his own strategy of also keeping up. I don’t see it personally. I have been a majority leader before, and I wouldn’t have adopted that approach, but it is his style. I can sit here and condemn him.
I don’t need to be comfortable with it, but I also don’t give him comfort because what he is doing tells me and my caucus that we are effective. The fact that the Majority is having sleepless nights tells me that we are doing something right”.
“In the chamber, strength exists only in numbers in favour content favours us. I am saying that in the chamber, when a headcount is being conducted, they have the numbers, but when it comes to the work in parliament and sharing ideas, they cannot compete with us; they know that.
When it comes to debating, they do not come to our level”, he added.
Meanwhile, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has revised its constitution following the party’s miserable 2024 election defeat.
According to the NPP, the amended constitution is to address the factors that contributed to the party’s loss.
The General Secretary, Justin Kodua Frimpong, attributed the party’s defeat to member neglect and a breakdown in communication strategy.
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