It's unfair to blame the current Ato Forson-led Minority leadership for ousted 17 MPs — Muntaka to NDC leadership

Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak, the Member of Parliament for Asawase in the Ashanti Region has criticized the NDC leadership over the defeat of some sitting NDC MPs in the recent internal elections.

He said the change in the Minority leadership in Parliament which he described as a coup accounted for the loss of the 17 sitting MPs.

According to him, it will be ridiculous for the leadership of the party to blame the current Ato Forson-led leadership.

The former Minority Chief Whip indicated that the Minority Caucus will suffer as a result of the loss of some experienced members in the just concluded parliamentary elections.

“The truth is that in 2020, because the NPP had bridged camp, there was a lot of vigour, there was a lot of energy, naturally when you are going for primaries, NPP should be interested in some constituencies creating confusion so that they can have the chance to split your votes and take the constituency and there are examples like Akontombra and many others.

“Now in 2023 NPP is struggling to find its feet, they are struggling to stay above waters, and then you go and lose 17 MPs. Who do you blame, it will be very unfair if you blame the current [Minority] leadership because the primaries were announced before the coup that happened in Parliament, [and that was] very unstrategic.

“You can do any scientific research, and it would point to you that, the timing of that coup was absolutely wrong. It didn’t give the new leadership the opportunity to settle and strategies to save many more MPs," he stated.

As part of efforts to unify the party before the 2024 elections, the Asawase MP also urged the new flagbearer John Dramani Mahama to meet with the ousted MPs to resolve all issues to bring peace ahead of the 2024 general elections.