NPP’s election defeat was a revolt against an obstinate, insensitive and high-handed Gov’t- Ato Forson

By Franklin ASARE-DONKOH

The Minority Leader and Member of Parliament (MP) for Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam Constituency, Dr. Cassiel Ato Baah Forson, stated that the humiliating defeat suffered by the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP)-led government was a revolt against a government that was obstinate, insensitive, high-handed, and dismissive of public opinion.

The Minority leader, who could not hide his joy speaking on the floor of the House on Monday, December 16, 2024 highlighted the impressive performance of his party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the 2024 general elections.

Speaking at the opening of the Seventh Meeting of the Fourth Session of the Eighth Parliament of the Republic of Ghana, Dr Ato Forson described the December elections as a revolution against the poor governance supervised by the Akufo Addo-Bawumia.

According to him, the 2024 election results were a direct response to a government that often dismissed opposing views as “detractors, cynics, naysayers, Sanbalat, and Tobias.”

“Mr Speaker, what happened at the polls on December 7 was a revolution, the people’s revolution! It was a revolt against a government that was obstinate, insensitive, high-handed and dismissive of public opinion.

It was a revolt against a government that called people with dissenting views names such as detractors, cynics, naysayers, Sanbalat and Tobias,” he reiterated

The Minority Leader stated that the NPP has been punished for its poor governance, economic mismanagement, obstinacy, greed, state capture, corruption, and arrogance of power.

“Ghanaians have clearly shown that they cannot be taken for granted and that when it matters the most, they will either reward those in government or punish them for their sins.

Mr Speaker, it is obvious that the NPP has been punished for its poor governance, economic mismanagement, obstinacy, greed, state capture, corruption, arrogance of power, impunity, disrespect, lawlessness and persecution of its political opponents,” Dr. Ato Forson added

He conveyed his gratitude to the people of Ghana for their substantial support of the NDC during the elections.

Additionally, he extended his best wishes to the Members of Parliament who were not re-elected, hoping for success in their future pursuits.

Below is an unedited statement read by Dr. Ato Forson;

REMARKS BY THE MAJORITY LEADER, HON. CASSIEL ATO FORSON, (Ph.D) AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE SEVENTH MEETING OF THE FOURTH SESSION OF THE EIGHTH PARLIAMENT OF THE FOURTH REPUBLIC, DELIVERED IN PARLIAMENT

MONDAY, 16TH DECEMBER, 2024

1. Rt. Hon. Speaker, I am grateful for the opportunity to make a statement to welcome your good self, Leadership and all Honourable Members of Parliament back to this august House.
2. I would like to congratulate all Members who were re-elected in the just-ended parliamentary elections.
3. To our colleagues who, unfortunatley, will not be part of the next Parliament, I wish them well in their future endeavours.
4. Mr Speaker, I would like to profoundly thank the people of Ghana for their empahtic decision in the December 7 presidential and parliamentary elections.
5. At this point though, “it is finished”.
6. I would like to thank the people of Ghana for electing His Excellency John Dramani Mahama as the next president of the republic of Ghana.
7. The people of Ghana have once again shown that they can rise to the occasion when it matters the most.
8. May I at this point acknowledge the hardwork of our present 137 NDC Members of Parliament for their dedication to duty which has resulted in this unprecedented number of Members of Parliament-elect for the NDC.
9. Mr Speaker, I am proud to announce that we snatched over 50 parliamentary seats from our colleagues on the other side of the divide.
10. We took more than 50 seats from the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP).
11. Mr Speaker, we have clearly shown that it is possible to reduce the NPP Majority to “nkokor nkiti nkiti”.
12. Indeed, “nkokor nkiti nkiti” is possible!
13. Rt. Hon. Speaker, the Nineth (9th) Parliament would be unique and interesting. It would be a contest of ideas between a super NDC Majority and an NPP mini-micro Minority.
14. Mr Speaker, what happened at the polls on December 7 was a revolution, the people’s revolution!
15. It was a revolt against a government that is obstinate, insensitive, high-handed and dismissive of public opinion.
16. It was a revolt against a government that called people with dissenting views names such as detractors, cynics, naysayers, Sanbalat and Tobias.
17. Ghanaians have clearly shown that they cannot be taken for granted and that when it matters the most, they will either reward those in government or punish them for their sins.
18. Mr Speaker, it is obvious that the NPP has been punished for its poor governance, economic mismismanagement, obstinacy, greed, state capture, corruption, arrogance of power, impunity, disrespect, lawlessness and persecution of its political opponents.
19. Mr Speaker, the lesson in what has happened to the NPP and the outgoing government is that the political class cannot take the people of Ghana for granted.
20. This calls for introspection on the part of the political class.
21. It also calls for deep soul-searching on the part of all those in leadership whose voices ought to be heard when government engages in acts of impunity, lawlessness and destruction.
22. To cherished NDC political party and in-coming government, may we never become like the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia government.
23. We have to be different. We cannot be like this NPP government. May we be guided by the principles of integrity, probity and accountability.
24. The time has come for us to do right by the people of Ghana at all times and to champion people-centred policies that genuinely benefit the voter, not the political class and their cronies.
25. Mr Speaker, I thank you.

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