Political Scientist Dr. Richard Baah Amoako has accused leadership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) of prioritizing political power at the expense of internal unity.
According to Dr. Baah Amoako, the party’s focus on winning the upcoming 2024 elections seems to disregard the collateral damage inflicted on their own members.
“All they are focused on is winning power, it does not matter who they step on in trying to win that power,” he says.
“It’s adding to the disunity, it’s unnecessary strife.”
Speaking on Yɛn Nsɛmpa, Onua FM’s morning show Thursday, February 22, 2024, Dr. Baah Amoako expressed his dismay, particularly referencing the alleged forced departure of of the Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu.
He argued the treatment accorded a person in the calibre of Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu following the years he has served the party was not worth it.
Despite the Member of Parliament’s claim of resignation, Dr. Baah Amoako believes the process was not befitting of his stature.
“If this is how they want to go about it, it won’t work on their behalf. Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has served the party for a long time and this is not how he’s supposed to be excorted out.
“Naturally, for a man of his status, all parliamentarians are to come together and give him a warm goodbye,” he told hosts, Nana Yaa Brefo and JB.
The former Head of the Political Science Department of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) further criticised the leadership’s decision to reshuffle MPs without prior notice, particularly during this crucial pre-election period.
He highlighted the potential negative impact on the unity of the MPs, suggesting that such abrupt changes could lead to bitterness and wavering commitment to serve.
With disunity prevailing within the party, Dr. Baah Amoako cautioned that the NPP’s chances of breaking the eight-year cycle could be significantly compromised.
“All of a sudden you take the person out of his position, you make them unsettled and unstable. They haven’t prepared themselves for such change, they will undoubtedly be bitter.
“Now who will you have to support you? People want to see unity, there is complete disunity, chaos is within the party,” he noted.
He stressed the importance of unity, emphasising that the current atmosphere of chaos within the party does not align with the expectations of the public and party members alike.
By Lois Dogbe|Onua FM
