Wrong Choice Of Presidential Candidate Led To Our Defeat – Dr Bryan Acheampong

The Member of Parliament for Abetifi Constituency and flagbearer hopeful for the NPP, Dr Bryan Acheampong, has stated clearly that the wrong choice of presidential candidate presented by the party led to their defeat in the 2024 general elections.

In an engagement with delegates in Atwima Mponua and its surrounding constituencies, he lamented how sad it is for the NPP to have lost completely in seven strong regions during their political era, which is something that has never happened before.

Dr Bryan Acheampong continued that for a political party as big as the NPP to lose in Volta, Oti, Upper East, Upper West, Savanna, Bono East, and Western North regions without even winning one constituency among the regions shows how the party is gradually sinking and needs new reforms.

“The most painful aspect was how President Mahama won the Savanna region where his hometown is and won three constituencies in Dr Bawumia’s North East region,” he stated. Stressing this shows how incompetent he is to lead the New Patriotic Party.

The flagbearer hopeful further added that another shock in the 2024 election defeat was how the party only won one constituency out of 17 constituencies in the Western region, and the margin used in winning that one constituency was not even impressive.

The former Minister of Agriculture emphasised that another mass loss that contributed to the party’s defeat in 2024 was the Zongo communities. Explaining that the country is made up of 3,000 zongo communities, of which the NPP party won only one.

“If Dr Bawumia could lead the party to this massive defeat in 2024, can the party still entrust him with the 2028 elections?” he questioned.

Dr Bryan Acheampong called on delegates to entrust the party to a leader who could reform the structures of the party for victory in 2028.

Story by Bismark Mensah@A/R.