The primary Nationwide Vice Chairman of the New Patriotic Get together (NPP), Dankwa Smith Butey, has mentioned the nationwide executives can not absolve themselves from accountability for his or her defeat within the 2024 election.
In an interview on Adom FM’s Dwaso Nsem, Chairman Butey acknowledged that the executives should take accountability for the result, although it was disagreeable.
He argued that if the celebration had gained, the executives would have claimed the glory, so they have to equally settle for accountability for the defeat.
“I admit we should take accountability as a result of if there was a win, we might have mentioned we made it occur. So we should settle for the defeat and apologise,” he mentioned.
Chairman Butey believes there ought to have been simpler collaboration between the nationwide, regional, and different government ranges to drive the election marketing campaign efficiently.
“The nationwide degree ought to have pushed the areas, then it trickles right down to the constituencies and different ranges, however our efficiency was not the perfect, and all we are able to do is apologise,” he added.
The NPP was poised to interrupt the eight-year cycle with its presidential candidate after which Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia.
Nonetheless, the celebration suffered important losses in each the presidential and parliamentary contests.
John Mahama, on the ticket of the Nationwide Democratic Congress (NDC), was elected and declared winner by the Electoral Fee (EC) after polling 6,328,397 votes, representing 56.55%, whereas Dr. Bawumia secured 4,657,304 votes, representing 41.61%.
In Parliament, there was additionally a historic shift in energy because the NDC obtained 183 seats, leaving the NPP with simply 88 seats.
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