Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, running mate to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the 2024 general election, has attributed the party’s electoral defeat to internal party challenges.
Speaking in an interview with the media after the dissolution of the 8th Parliament, Dr Opoku Prempeh, commonly called NAPO, cited long-standing governance issues within the party as a significant factor that hampered its performance at the polls.
According to him, the loss was not solely due to economic challenges, but was more deeply rooted in unresolved internal conflicts and organisational flaws within the party.
NAPO disclosed that these governance issues had been a recurring problem for the party, citing past experiences where the NPP had learned valuable lessons from its mistakes.
The NPP’s struggles in 1992, when the party had zero representation in Parliament, was an example of such lessons, he said.
“The country and the party learned from that experience. In that year, after the presidential and parliamentary elections, the party lost and claimed the verdict was stolen. They decided to boycott Parliament, which was a party decision,” he noted.
NAPO said the party later met and agreed that they should not have boycotted Parliament, realising that it was better to engage with the few seats they won rather than boycott.
The outgoing NPP government failed in its bid for a third consecutive term in the December 7, 2024, general election, with the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) securing a decisive victory, giving former president John Mahama a return to the presidency.
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