The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, has criticised early discussions about party members expressing interest in future presidential ambitions, describing such conversations as disrespectful to both the party and President John Dramani Mahama.
Mr. Kwetey said talk of presidential bids, particularly within the first year of assuming office, is premature and distracts from the party’s 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 stated.
He reminded the public of the years the NDC spent in opposition and stressed the need to prioritise delivering on the party’s campaign promises now that it is in government.
“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 percent of our accomplishments,” Kwetey 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.
