A leading member of the Movement for Change, Ebo Buckman, has slammed the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), describing it as “headless and lawless.”
He said the party’s current state reflects a lack of leadership both in Parliament and at the national level.
Mr. Buckman blamed the NPP’s internal disorganisation for its poor performance as an opposition party following its historic defeat in the 2024 general elections.
He made the comments on Accra-based TV3’s New Day show on Friday, July 25, during a discussion on the mid-year budget review walkout by the NPP minority caucus in Parliament on Thursday.
“The leadership of NPP in Parliament is a big failure, to say the least. And even the leadership of the party itself is also nowhere to be found. So the party has become headless and lawless, and it’s no good for our democracy,” Mr. Buckman stated.
He also accused the NPP of being strategically weak in opposition, despite the opportunity to rebuild trust with the electorate.
He noted that the minority’s recent walkout from Parliament over the 2025 mid-year budget was politically unwise and only reinforced the NDC’s dominance.
“Strategically, NPP is not being smart. I’ve always said NDC has always been smarter than NPP. I’m talking about this NPP. NDC is enjoying some goodwill, and as it’s normal because they are doing well, you don’t fight them the way you’re doing. If you fight them, it’s like you’re fighting the people,” he said.
According to him, if fresh elections were held today, the NPP would perform even worse than it did in 2024 in terms of both seats and votes.
“In fact, if we had to organize elections today, I can assure you, even the number of seats they have in Parliament will reduce, and even the percentage they had will reduce. So they will have to be strategic,” Buckman said.
