A former Member of Parliament for Bortianor‑Ngleshie Amanfro and General Secretary hopeful of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Sylvester Tetteh, has said the NPP in opposition do not need facts to set the agenda.
According to Sylvester Tetteh, the NPP in opposition does not need facts but propaganda for the ruling NDC to come and defend.
He argued that as an opposition General Secretary, when one speaks, the national security must meet.
Speaking to NPP members in a viral video shared on X, Sylvester Tetteh stated, “The NDC is putting fear in our men; they are arresting TikTokers, social media people, communicators. The things our communicators are saying, if you are the General Secretary week after week, you must set the agenda for the NDC to come and defend.
We are in opposition; we do not need facts, we need to propagate. One and a half years in opposition, the party is in parliament; there is no problem, but parliament is a house of records; Asylum Down is not a place of records; it is a place of propaganda.
So if you speak as an opposition General Secretary, national security must meet”.
Some Ghanaians reacting to Sylvester Tetteh’s claims stated, “How the NPP have reduced to this still baffles me. NDC has transitioned to be the most attractive party in Ghana now. It was the NPP who held that tag. Most of the intelligent youth are joining NDC, and they don’t fear to say it in public”.
One X user added, “The funny thing is, they’re not even intelligent enough to understand what opposition means and what opposition is supposed to do.
They have defined their opposition to be a position of propaganda, to propagate, and to lie without facts.
Educated illiterates”.
A netizen added, “Deliberately propagating falsehood and mischievously misinforming people is equal to treason. No society that wants to become successful will these animals walking and talking freely.
Kwame Nkrumah’s only mistake was that he didn’t succeed in deleting these traitors completely”.
One X user added, “Thanks for making it clear for Ghanaians. We now know anything propagated by the NPP should never be taken seriously. How desperate. Lack of brain power to develop a good strategy like the NDC did in position. Funny political party, the NPP is.”
An X user noted, “The sudden surge in insults and derogatory comments on media platforms was a coordinated plan to tarnish the reputation of the government. This was likely a pre-scripted strategy, designed to be followed by organised demonstrations, all aimed at making the government unpopular”.
In other news, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, the government spokesperson, has broken his silence over the ongoing debate surrounding the arrest of individuals accused of publicly threatening the life of President John Dramani Mahama.
According to Felix Kwakye Ofosu, one cannot say people are being arrested for free speech when they are making threats against the life of the President.
He boldly stated that a person who sits on TikTok and threatens the life of a president and his wife cannot go scot-free.
Speaking in an interview with Umaru Sanda Amadu on Channel One TV’s Face to Face on Tuesday, August 4, Kwakye Ofosu stated, “But if you sit on TikTok and threaten the life of a president, saying you will behead the president, put him in a cocoa sack, and attack his wife, you cannot go scot-free. If you did that in any advanced democracy, they would hold you accountable. If you threaten somebody’s life, let alone that of a president, then they will catch up with you,” he said.
He also reacted to former Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia’s recent call for the prosecution of an NDC organiser; he accused Dr Bawumia of applying a double standard by criticising current actions while remaining silent on similar incidents under the previous government.
He argued that Dr Bawumia still has a pending court case involving journalist Bobie Ansah over allegations made against his wife and former First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo.
“When he was Vice President, Bobie Ansah accused his wife and the then First Lady, Madam Rebecca Akufo-Addo, of appropriating state land. The government of the day, in which he was Vice President, put him on trial. That trial is actually still ongoing. The matter is still before the court.
“What was his position at the time? Did he utter a word when he had power and was in a position to influence events? He didn’t. So nobody can take this latest announcement seriously. It is simply an attempt to take political advantage. This is politicking,” he added.
Watch the video below:
“We are in opposition, we don’t need facts. We need to propagate. If you speak as an opposition General Secretary, National Security must meet.”
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