Deputy Director of Communications of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Ernest Owusu Bempah, has been summoned before the party’s Disciplinary Committee.
According to a statement signed by Justin Frimpong Kodua, the party’s General Secretary, Ernest Owusu Bempah, has made several social media comments that could sow disaffection within the party, meriting the action.
Justin Kodua Frimpong added that Ernest Owusu Bempah’s, conduct violates internal directives instructing all members to refrain from public discussions that may cause internal disunity.
The release references earlier communication (NPP/HO/PR/2025/03/DAM) as the basis for this disciplinary measure. According to the party, Mr. Bempah’s recent comments on social media contravene these guidelines and have necessitated his referral to the National Disciplinary Committee for further action.
This move signals the party’s increasing emphasis on internal cohesion ahead of upcoming political events, with party leadership reiterating the importance of discipline and unity among its ranks.
This sanction comes after Owusu Bempah in an interview days back blamed the party’s overwhelming defeat at the December 7 2024 elections on its decision to choose a wrong candidate.
According to him, over 2.1 million members of the party did not vote in the 2024 general elections because Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia was the party’s presidential candidate.
According to him, many NPP supporters felt disillusioned by the leadership’s choice, leading them to abstain from voting.
“For the first time, I met a taxi driver who is a member of NPP who told me that he voted for the NDC in the 2024 election, he showed me his party card, and the reason is that we didn’t take the right candidate for him to come and vote for” he claimed.
Without providing any scientific data to back his claim, he stated that as many as 2.1 million NPP members abstained from voting because they did not approve of the Presidential candidate.
“Go down there with a hidden camera and ask the ordinary people why they refused to vote. 2.1 million decided not to go and vote, 2.1 million, do you think it is a joke? NPP party base, supporters refused to vote, do you know what that means?” he argued.
Owusu Bempah did not hold back in his critique of the leadership’s selection process. He suggested that the failure to listen to party members and incorporate their views into candidate selection contributed to the low turnout.
Owusu Bempah insisted that the next presidential candidate of the NPP going into the 2028 general elections should not be Dr. Bawumia.
