Let the grassroots decide – Arthur Kennedy calls for leadership review in NPP

NPP is losing its democratic credentials – Arthur Kennedy

By Franklin Asare-Donkoh New Patriotic Party (NPP) stalwart and former presidential candidate, Dr. Kwabena Arthur Kennedy, says the party, long regarded as the doyen of democracy in Ghana, is losing its enviable democratic credentials. According to him, the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) decision to prioritise the election of a flagbearer ahead of broader internal reforms is anti-democratic. Speaking in an interview on Channel One TV…

Let the grassroots decide – Arthur Kennedy calls for leadership review in NPP

Former New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential aspirant, Dr. Arthur Kobina Kennedy, has called on the party’s current national executives to seek a fresh mandate as the party looks to regroup ahead of the 2028 general elections. Speaking on The Big Issue on Saturday, June 21, 2025, Dr. Kennedy stressed that the move would not be a vote of no confidence but rather a healthy democratic process to reaffirm or refresh leadership from the grassroots. …

NPP Urged to Hold Executive Elections First

Legal expert and governance advocate Prof. Stephen Kwaku Asare has urged the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to conduct its executive elections before holding presidential and parliamentary primaries.  According to him, the party’s own constitution clearly outlines a bottom-up structure that makes the renewal of leadership at every level an essential prerequisite for organizing credible candidate selections. He explained that the NPP Constitution, par…