Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin has likened the conduct of the NDC Government to a police officer determined to arrest a driver at all costs.
He said the Mahama-led administration is deliberately finding faults to persecute opposition members.
He made the remark after visiting former Manhyia South MP, Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah, who is currently in custody of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) on October 2.
“Those of you who have cars, if a police officer arrests you or stops you and first asks you your license, you give him license. The next, where is your triangle? The next thing, where is your fire extinguisher? That is exactly what NDC is doing. It’s not fair. We are all in this system together. We are all in this together as one big family. We are supposed to sustain the democracy,” he lamented.
According to Afenyo-Markin, Baffour Awuah is being victimised because he is one of the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) sharpest voices in Parliament.
“Every one of my colleagues is being pursued in one form or the other. Sometimes as a leader, you have colleagues who are supposed to interrogate matters, scrutinize and they are afraid. Baffour was one of our young sharpshooters, hard working. And look at what is happening today. But this will not break us,” he said.
He said the former MP remains in high spirits despite his situation.
“Seeing him behind the counter in cells, I told him that look, the forebearers who brought this party into being suffered more than you. So Baffour, don’t give up. He’s in high spirit,” he added.
The Minority Leader accused the government of perpetuating a cycle of political witch-hunting, warning that it is making it difficult for moderate voices within the NPP to preach restraint.
“What NDC is doing, they are making it extremely difficult for even moderates within NPP to call for calm tomorrow. They are making it difficult. They are causing a lot of pain. We must bring an end to this vicious cycle of a political party coming into office and its first focus is attack opponents, find fault, find excuse,” he said.
He further alleged that the government is using corruption tags to silence critics, including social media activists.
“If you talk, then they want to tag you with corruption. Thinking that if they tag you with corruption, that is the end. That will shut you. Then you can’t talk. TikTokers, social media activists, they are putting fear into them. No problem. The wicked shall not long be victorious. They shall not long possess the skies,” he stated.
Afenyo-Markin also called on NPP members to stay united and focused on the party’s future.
“I call on every NPP member to seize this opportunity and stay committed to the cause of the party. We need unity. Unity to bring our flag bearer to power and to work for the people of Ghana,” he said.
He ended with a challenge to the NDC to point to a defining legacy project of President John Dramani Mahama by 2028.
“So, I throw this back to my friends in NDC. If we get to 2028 and the people are demanding a single initiative that His Excellency President Mahama would be remembered for, what is that one thing? I leave the answer to them. I’m sad,” he said.
