The internal crisis within the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has escalated, as new accusations of elite interference and breaches of the party’s constitution continue to intensify the controversy.
Kwaku Amoh-Darteh, spokesperson for Kennedy Agyapong and Head of Campaign Communications for Agyapong’s presidential bid, publicly criticized the National Executive Committee (NEC) for its latest attempt to restructure the party’s Electoral College.
According to Amoh-Darteh, the NEC’s plan to expand the party’s Electoral College based on recommendations from the Quaye Committee Report represents more than just a policy misstep.
He described it as a fundamental violation of the founding principles of the NPP and an outright challenge to its long-standing tradition of grassroots democracy.
“To deliberately marginalize polling station executives, the bedrock of our party’s structure is not only procedurally improper; it is constitutionally offensive. No one should dare claim that ‘there is no data.’
“The party has maintained comprehensive electoral records and polling station databases since 2012. To pretend otherwise is to insult our collective intelligence and institutional memory.”
Kwaku Amoh-Darteh
Accordingly, he warned that pushing forward with the expansion plan without transparent consultations or the consent of the grassroots is effectively orchestrating a structural takeover designed to serve personal and factional interests.
Expressing further concern, Amoh-Darteh criticized the growing disregard for key party figures, including former President John Agyekum Kufuor.
For him, ignoring the counsel of figures like Kufuor is an affront to the ethical foundations upon which the party was established.
“To disregard his (Kufuor’s) counsel and the voices of other revered statesmen within the party, simply to perpetuate a selfish agenda, is to spit on the legacy that brought the NPP into existence.”
Kwaku Amoh-Darteh
Amoh-Darteh warned that party members loyal to its foundational values will not stand by silently as this internal crisis unfolds. He maintained that any attempt to force through this expansion would be met with grassroots resistance.
He called on polling station executives across the country to stand firm in defending the democratic principles that have long defined the NPP’s identity.
He questioned the motives behind what he termed the NEC’s “indecent haste,” asking why the leadership would jeopardize party unity and credibility at such a critical time.
He highlighted that the NPP’s historical roots in Danquah-Busia-Dombo principles emphasize inclusiveness, grassroots empowerment, and unwavering respect for democratic norms.
According to him, the current leadership’s strategy represents a betrayal of those very ideals, leading to disenfranchisement of ordinary party members while fostering manipulation by elite factions.
NPP’s Internal Democracy Described as Endangered
Kwaku Amoh-Darteh continued to sound the alarm, describing the leadership’s current trajectory as leading the party toward a slow erosion of its internal democracy.
He encouraged polling station executives, whom he called the “true custodians of the party’s democratic will,” to reject the restructuring effort decisively and honorably.
“To permit such an act is to preside over the slow, painful death of the NPP’s internal democracy. Let history show that when democracy was endangered from within, the grassroots stood firm. Anything less would be complicity in the erosion of our party’s moral authority and constitutional integrity.”
Kwaku Amoh-Darteh
He asserted that history would remember those who chose to resist internal threats to democracy, stressing that safeguarding the NPP’s moral authority and constitutional integrity lies with its grassroots.
He reiterated the campaign’s commitment to upholding the party’s foundational ethos and promised relentless advocacy to prevent what he termed as the “structural hijack” of the party’s democratic framework.
As tensions mount, many within the NPP’s rank-and-file are echoing Amoh-Darteh’s sentiments, viewing the NEC’s proposed expansion as a direct attack on the party’s grassroots structure.
They worry that allowing the restructuring to proceed unchecked could entrench elite dominance, weaken local party organs, and alienate ordinary members who form the party’s core electoral engine.
Amoh-Darteh concluded by calling on all stakeholders to resist the unconstitutional actions being undertaken by the NEC, warning that the future of the party depends on their collective action.
He promised that the Kennedy Agyapong campaign would continue to fight alongside the grassroots to defend the democratic structures that have sustained the party for decades.
With the NPP internal crisis deepening, it remains to be seen whether the NEC leadership will yield to mounting pressure from the party’s base or push forward with its contested agenda.
Either outcome is poised to leave a lasting impact on the future trajectory of one of Ghana’s major political forces.
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