General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Justin Kodua Frimpong, has taken a swipe at the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for its stance against the member of parliament for Abetifi, Bryan Acheampong, insisting that a statement released against him lacks contextual substance.

According to him, since the NDC pretends not to appreciate and “logically decode Bryan’s message”, the NPP would once again educate them, just as it has done on many occasions. He revealed that for the avoidance of doubt, Bryan Acheampong, in his speech, was responding to the NDC flagbearer, John Dramani Mahama, who had on many occasions described the 2024 general elections as one of “do or die” for the NDC.

Mr Frimpong noted that it is no secret that the NDC has always resorted to violence and intimidation against its opponents during the conduct of general elections, and this was summed up by its 2024 presumptive presidential candidate, John Dramani Mahama.

“The NPP finds the NDC’s statement not only ill-founded, hypocritical, illogical, and baseless, but also one that lacks contextual substance for the consumption of the discerning Ghanaians who are not oblivious to the modus operandi of the main opposition party in deliberately putting diabolic and mischievous slant to an otherwise innocuous comments of the Member of Parliament in furtherance of their selfish political interest.”
Justin Kodua Frimpong

Mr Frimpong recounted that former President Mahama has in the past indicated that the “NDC has revolutionary root, and that when it comes to unleashing violence, nobody can beat us [NDC] in unleashing violence”.

Additionally, he explained that other leading members of the NDC, including Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, the national chairman of the party, has made similar threatening and malicious comments.

“Indeed, following his election as National Chairman, Asiedu Nketiah stated in his victory speech that, the NDC would fight the 2024 general elections to win a second independence for Ghana, and that, they are prepared to sacrifice everything including their lives for an NDC victory.”
Justin Kodua Frimpong

Bryan Acheampong only reacted to treasonable comments by NDC

The general secretary of the NPP highlighted that it was in response to this “myriad of reckless and treasonable comments” from the NDC that Bryan Acheampong gave encouragement to supporters of the NPP, who may feel intimated by the many threats coming from the NDC, that, under no circumstance should they feel intimated because the NPP has men of courage who can rise to the defense of the country’s democracy and the 1992 Constitution of the Republic as enshrined in Article 3 of the Constitution.

“Hon. Bryan, thereupon, proceeded to give NPP supporters a firm assurance that the Party [NPP] will not lose the 2024 general elections and hand power to the NDC but will do everything to retain power. Considering the steps being taken by the Akufo-Addo-led government to tackling Ghana’s socioeconomic challenges, which have begun bearing positive dividends, and also by the conduct of the NPP since the advent of the Fourth Republic, Bryan Acheampong’s comment can only be interpreted to mean that the NPP, just as it has done in the past, is determined to do everything legally possible to win the 2024 general elections. The NPP’s track record of winning elections through free, fair, and transparent means is not in doubt at all.”
Justin Kodua Frimpong

Describing the statement by the NDC as “nerve-wracking”, Mr Frimpong expressed his disappointment to see the very persons who have over time made the “worst of unguarded statements”, and acted in a manner that has the potential to subvert the nation’s democratic order and plunge the country into chaos and instability, turn around and cry foul of a statement that seeks to energize the base of the NPP, give assurance of hope to party faithfuls and the Ghanaian citizenry.

To this end, he emphasized that Ghanaians are fully awoken to such gimmicks by the NDC.

“The NPP considers the NDC’s attack on Bryan Acheampong not only unwarranted but also attention-seeking with an ill attempt to emotionally blackmail Ghanaians to court their support. From the foregoing, if anybody has to be arrested by the Police for treasonable comments, then certainly it is John Dramani Mahama for his continuous ‘Do or die for the NDC’ in reference to the 2024 general elections, and Asiedu Nketiah for his brazen proclamation that members of the NDC are willing to sacrifice their lives to win the 2024 elections.
Justin Kodua Frimpong

Furthermore, Mr Frimpong assured Ghanaians that the NPP remains a peace-loving party and would not do anything to jeopardize the peace and security of the state. He explained that the party holds the enviable title as the bastion of democracy in Ghana and on the African continent, and this, it intend to guard jealously.