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Political Scientist, Dr. Richard Amoako Baah says he is doubtful the New Patriotic Party can win the 2024 election.
According to him, while the Akufo-Addo-led administration has declared Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia as the party’s flagbearer, the power to make him president is with the people.
Speaking with Nana Jantuah on Nhyira FM’s ‘Kuro yi mu nsem’ show, Dr. Amoako Baah stated that the votes of NPP delegates and Members of Parliament alone cannot make Dr. Bawumia the president.
“It won’t be possible. President Nana Addo rendering his support does not mean the whole NPP party does, which I am part of,” he said.
Dr. Amoako Baah believes the leaders started scheming over a year ago to make Dr. Bawumia the next president, following rumours that the President was supporting his Vice President to run for the presidential election.
“They started arranging to bring Bawumia more than a year ago. As time went by, their scheming intensified, and they succeeded. And the President who should follow the laws is the one who is leading. He supported one person, and everyone else followed him for fear of them losing their jobs,” he said.
The Political Scientist described the Vice President’s victory in the just-ended NPP presidential primary as corrupt.
“Everything has become corrupt in this country. We have accepted corruption as the norm in this country. A CEO must support this person, an EPA must support that person, and so on. That is not how it is supposed to be done,” he noted.
He observed that the laws of the country do not support vote-buying or other electoral irregularities.
“The constitution says vote-buying is illegal. But it’s rather the government buying votes than allowing a free and fair election,” he claimed.
Dr. Amoako Baah further explained that despite the NPP declaring the Vice as their Presidential Candidate, it is up to Ghanaians to decide who becomes their President.
