A communicator for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Lawuratu Musah-Saaka, has accused the National Democratic Congress (NDC) of inconsistent standards, alleging that the party questions institutional credibility whenever outcomes are unfavorable to them.
During an appearance on Channel One TV’s Breakfast Daily on Wednesday, November 13, 2024, Musah-Saaka highlighted what she described as a pattern of NDC criticism, citing instances where the party strongly criticized the Electoral Commission and, more recently, the Supreme Court.
Musah-Saaka further asserted that the NDC only offers praise to these institutions when decisions align with its own interests.
“The modus operandi of the NDC is that once nothing goes in their favour, the institution is not good; but when it’s in their favour, they say the judiciary is good. They antagonised the EC, wrote all kinds of things and accused the EC of many things. They said they had 250 errors but couldn’t even present five.
“They antagonised the EC after a week when the EC said it would make available the provisional register in two weeks, and they have spent more time responding to the NDC. That is what we want the ordinary Ghanaian to know – that it’s about this nation and the laws put in place to govern this nation,” she said.
Her remarks come in response to the Supreme Court’s 5-2 majority decision on November 12, 2024, which overturned Speaker Alban Bagbin’s declaration of four parliamentary seats as vacant, ruling it unconstitutional.