Solomon Owusu, the Director of Communications of the United Party (UP), says he agrees with the New Patriotic Party (NPP) that Ghana’s democracy is “under attack”.
However, he attributes this attack to the NPP itself, rather than the current administration.
The NPP is today, Thursday, August 6, 2026, staging its demonstration dubbed “Democracy Under Attack”, in what it says is a call to defend the rule of law, constitutional governance and democratic accountability.
This, Owusu says is true. “I believe democracy is under attack, truly,” he has indicated, but avers cannot be attributed to this Government.
Owusu, speaking on TV3’s BigIssue segment of the NewDay morning show on Wednesday, August 5, 2026, maintained that the NPP destroyed the “moral fibre” of the nation’s democracy by “looting from the State.”
He explained that taking from the State what does not belong to you, is tantamount to destroying the fulcrum of democracy, which is accountability.
“I agree with them; democracy is indeed under attack, they attacked it by looting from the State, and if you loot, it means you want to destroy the moral fibre, the idea of democracy and to that extent, I agree,” he stated.
According to him, “the bedrock of any democracy is accountability”, adding that the only means citizens can gain “confidence in our democracy is to have people that will lead this country and not steal from us.”
However, the former member of the NPP said the protest is a demonstration of the Party’s acknowledgement that they robbed the nation of accountability after taking what belongs to the State.
“So the New Patriotic Party acknowledges that indeed when they were in power, they did not do well and so they attacked democracy and so they must demonstrate,” he added.
He says the protest is a means by the NPP to go back to the citizenry and apologise for how low they sunk Ghana’s democracy.
“I see this demonstration as going back to the people of this country to tell them that indeed we did not do what was expected of us, we are asking for your clemency to pardon us,” he explained.
When host, Roland Walker, insisted the Henry Nana Boakye a.k.a. Nana B-led demonstration is for the NPP to bring to bear certain developments that threaten Ghana’s democracy, Owusu retorted that the Party’s National Organiser is only looking for an avenue to raise funds to support his campaign for the NPP’s upcoming internal elections.
“Nana who? He is looking for money to go and do his campaign. Is he not contesting for the position of Vice Chair of the party? Don’t you know that it comes with budget? Don’t you know that demonstration you have to prepare budget and give to the flagbearer to pay?” he asserted.
About the demo
According to the NPP, the demonstration forms part of its campaign against what it says is the growing acts of political persecution, selective justice and the abuse of state institutions under the current administration.
The party says the protest will help draw the public’s attention to certain happenings in the country which it believes threatens the nation’s democracy and must be addressed.
It has announced among other things, the acquittal and discharge of former Chief Executive Officer of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Christine Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu, a development the NPP argues raises serious questions about the consistency and impartiality of the country’s justice system.
Also, the party says its protest is also meant to bring to bear, what it describes as the arbitrary arrest, detention and alleged harassment of several of its members by state investigative and security agencies.
The NPP contends these actions are politically engineered and aimed at intimidating members of the opposition.
Thousands of party supporters, sympathisers and executives from across the country are expected to participate in the demonstration, which will begin at the forecourt of the Supreme Court in Accra.
Leadership of the party is expected to present a petition to the Supreme Court leaders in the first phase of the protest, where they will outline their concerns over recent judicial decisions and calling for what they describe as greater protection of judicial independence and the rule of law.
After presenting the petition, the demonstrators will embark on a peaceful march through some principal streets of the capital before proceeding to the Jubilee House.
At the Presidency, the leadership of the NPP is expected to submit a second petition, urging President John Dramani Mahama to address what the party describes as increasing attacks on democratic institutions and to ensure that state agencies operate fairly, independently and without political interference.
The NPP has maintained that the demonstration is not only about the concerns of its members but also about safeguarding Ghana’s democratic principles and protecting the rights and freedoms guaranteed under the Constitution.
