NDC Allegedly Planning to Manipulate 2024 Elections Through Disruptions in Parliament – Ahiagbah

The ruling NPP has accused the NDC of plotting to rig the upcoming 2024 elections. This follows a leaked document that the NPP claimed was titled "Winning the 2024 Elections and Beyond A Comprehensive NDC Strategy," in which the NPP accused them of drawing a systematic process aimed at disrupting parliamentary proceedings and undermining government credibility.

Addressing a press conference in Accra on October 23, 2024, the New Patriotic Party's Director of Communications, Richard Ahiagbah, revealed that the document he said contained plans starting from January 8, 2021, was meant to frustrate the government's programs and rig the electoral environment to their advantage using undemocratic means. According to Ahiagbah, the NDC intends to take advantage of its position in the hung Parliament to frustrate all critical revenue-generating measures that would help prop the financial agenda of the government.

Ahiagbah expressed regret over what he described as the NDC's descent into chaotic politics, contrasting it with the NPP's commitment to democratic values and national stability. "While the NPP strives to protect our country's peace, the NDC appears to prefer a return to 'factory settings' characterized by crudeness and chaos," he said. He went on to say that underlining the opposition's obstructionist ways is how they have persistently opposed vital revenue measures, including the controversial E-Levy.

This posture dramatizes a new tension within Ghana's political landscape regarding the 2024 general elections. The promises of undemocratic strategies and disruptions to parliament portend a higher pitch in debates about electoral integrity, and the future of governance in this country, as events unfold toward the next electoral contest, the call for transparency and democratic principles has become an absolute preoccupation if public trust is to be sustained.