Franklin Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, General Secretary of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), has condemned early discussions of flagbearership, barely a year into the party’s administration.
He says discussions about party members expressing interest in future presidential ambitions is disrespectful to both the party and President John Dramani Mahama.
According to him, such discussions at this point in time is premature and distracts the party from its governing responsibilities.
“Especially in the first year after you have won power, any conversation regarding interest in running for power, I find it personally an insult to the NDC as a whole, an insult even to President Mahama because we have barely come into office,” he said on Channel One TV Tuesday, December 16, 2025.
He recounted the promises they made to Ghanaians and party members during their eight-year stay in opposition, stressing the need to prioritise delivering on their promises and not who takes over as flagbearer after President Mahama.
“We spent eight years in opposition, made promises to people, and we have taken over power. The promises that we made to the country, we are now implementing them. There are promises we made to our own political people, that is, people who have worked for us. We have not even come to 10 or 20 per cent of our accomplishments,” he added.
According to him, the party’s immediate focus must remain on supporting the government to succeed, ensuring accountability among ministers and chief executives, and maintaining discipline within the party rather than engaging in succession debates.
