By Margaret Jackson
Ever
since the NPP lost the bogus Supreme Court petition case on August 29, nothing
has been the same for the party which hitherto was able to whip every member to
the line to signify a shaky unity within the party.
For
the past one month Ghanaians have witnessed the changing scenes that daily
continue to emerge from the NPP quarters which many of their members and some
political pundits fear will implode into serious consequences if not managed
well.
Now
it seems to be an open free for all fight as everybody who thinks has a stake
in the NPP is saying one thing or the other. As a result, we daily hear new
things emerging which continue to tear the NPP apart. Suddenly, the centre of
the NPP can no longer hold as the shaky unity within the party continues to
turn in a widening gyre or circle.
In
order for the current leadership of the party to consolidate their stranglehold
on the NPP and not to be swept by the rushing storm blowing within the NPP,
they have come out with a bogus rushed arrangement that is meant to return Nana
Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as the 2016 Flagbearer of the NPP.
Like
it or not whoever controls delegates of any party in Ghana stands a 90% chance
of being elected the flagbearer of the party. That is why even though many NPP
folks did not like Akufo-Addo that much, he easily won the flagbearership race
to contest the 2012 Presidential Election which he eventually lost out to
President John Mahama.
Nana
Akufo-Addo’s delegates are still in place. They have not gone anywhere. That is
why the NPP leadership have floated and accepted in principle an arrangement to
conduct the flagbearership race first before the delegates. The reason is
simple; to get the current delegates “controlled” by Nana Akufo-Addo to return
him as their Presidential Candidate for 2016.
If
you hear people like Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, NPP’s General Secretary saying that
Nana Akufo-Addo will be their candidate if even he is in a wheelchair, then you
better read between the lines.
If
the NPP delegates’ elections are not held first, no NPP candidate can beat Nana
Akufo-Addo if he decides to run for the 2016 flagbearership. The calculated
move to get the flagbearership elections done first is to save the current crop
of executives of the NPP from being axed from their positions.
If
the arrangement holds and the flagbearership election is held first and
Akufo-Addo wins, there will definitely be tail-coating with those on his side
winning positions they will contest for.
The
NPP is now in its biggest panic mode with all sorts of scenarios being floated
around. The party which has thrived on lies for so long is indeed in panic and
do not know how to handle it.
The NPP
is in no mood to conduct any post-mortem analysis to determine why they have
lost two elections in a row, but is bent on just doing
anything to sweep their dirt under the carpet. The fight for positions and fame
seems to be the driving force.
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