New Patriotic Social gathering (NPP) communicator Awal Mohammed defended his occasion’s observe of choosing candidates primarily based on demographics, saying Mahamudu Bawumia was chosen to ingratiate himself with northern and Muslim voters.
In a JoyNews information file, Muhammad argued that elections usually are not nearly private recognition, but in addition the place candidates are from and the place their votes are. He stated the occasion “strategically selected Dr Bawumia as a result of he’s from the north”, pointing to the usual bearer’s Muslim background as a deliberate draw to help within the area. Bawumia, who received the NPP presidential main in January, is from the north and is Muslim.
Mr. Mohammed claimed the technique labored, citing constituencies the place he stated the occasion’s numbers improved because of such calculated selections.
He was much less beneficiant about former commerce minister Alan Kyerematen, questioning his electoral document and claiming that Kyerematen had by no means actually received an election. Kyerematen had misplaced consecutive NPP presidential primaries earlier than leaving the occasion, and operating as an unbiased in 2024 had little influence.
The communicator additionally took purpose on the Unionist Social gathering (UP), the group Kyerematen based after leaving the nuclear energy plant in 2023. He accused its communicators of appearing on resentment reasonably than conviction, and argued that resentment, not coverage, is driving assaults on the NPP. He additional asserted that UP stands out amongst opposition forces in that it spends as a lot power preventing the opposition because the ruling occasion.
UP rejects that framework and positions itself as a reputable different to Ghana’s two-party system. Analysts stay divided over its prospects, with some suggesting its foremost impact could also be to weaken Bawumia reasonably than seize energy outright.
