Deputy General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has dismissed suggestions that his party is copying the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) by setting up committees after electoral losses.
Haruna Mohammed, speaking on Joy News’ PM Express on Wednesday, April 16, he insisted that it was the NPP that introduced the practice more than three decades ago.
He said they are not learning from the NDC and its history.
“When it is set right, you will realise that when it comes to writing or forming committees to write reports after defeats or even winning elections, it is the NPP that began that in 1992.”
He pointed to the landmark report that followed the party’s rejection of the 1992 presidential results.
“When we disagreed with the presidential elections, we came up with the Stolen Verdict,” Haruna recalled.
“The Stolen Verdict was not written by an individual. It was written by a group of people set up by the New Patriotic Party to look at those particular matters.”
He said this practice has been consistent within the NPP, regardless of victory or defeat.
“We had another committee before the Osafo Maafo committee,” he explained. “And the Osafo Maafo committee was after we had won an election in 2020.”
According to Haruna, the most recent committee—led by Professor Michael Chris—is part of a long tradition.
“The Professor Michael Ocquaye committee is after we had suffered a humiliating defeat,” he said.
“But not the least of the humility, because this is 41 per cent. In 1996, we had 39 per cent.”
He stressed that election review committees are part of the party’s DNA, not borrowed strategy.
“So it is true that we set committees,” Haruna Mohammed said. “We are certainly not learning from the NDC.”
By drawing on historical context and internal precedent, Haruna Mohammed positioned the NPP as a party that has always valued introspection and institutional learning.
“We do this whether we win or lose,” he emphasised. “It is not about copying. It is who we are.”
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