A member of the Volta Regional Communication Team of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Japhet Festus Gbede, has described the “Democracy Under Attack” demonstration by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) as a “desperate and self-serving”.
In a post shared on his official Facebook page, on Thursday, August 6,2026, the outspoken NDC communicator argued that the demonstration is an attempt by the former governing party to alter political history, evade accountability, and generate synthetic public sympathy out of thin air.
Reacting to the street protest, Gbede noted that after an eight-year tenure characterized by ruinous economic mismanagement, crushing hardship, staggering public debt, and the systematic erosion of public trust, the NPP cannot suddenly rebrand itself as a vanguard of democratic values.
“The NPP cannot opportunistically weaponize the noble rhetoric of democracy as a political fortress whenever legitimate institutional scrutiny approaches,” Gbede wrote. “True democracy guarantees the rule of law, not political immunity; it ensures equality before the law, not aristocratic privilege for partisan elites.”
He further asserted that for nearly a decade, Ghanaians decried rampant illegal mining, widespread environmental degradation, reckless fiscal indiscipline, and allegations of corruption, but those pleas were met with indifference.
Gbede maintained that a political class that suffered a decisive rebuke at the ballot box cannot manufacture public goodwill through street rallies and rehearsed outrage.
“Ghana belongs to its sovereign citizens, not to political elites who believe that executive power should serve as an everlasting shield against public accountability,” he stated.
Gbede further remarked that the demonstrators “should be ready for more health walks,” adding that government policies such as Mahama Care demonstrate genuine concern for the health and welfare of Ghanaians alongside the existing national health insurance system.
By Benjamin Aidoo
