Tag: Democracy Under Attack

A member of the Volta Regional Communication Team of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Hon. Japhet Festus Gbede, has launched a scathing attack on the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) following its “Democracy Under Attack” demonstration, describing the protest as a “desperate, self-serving theater of a politically bankrupt establishment”.

In a post shared on his official Facebook page, the outspoken NDC communicator argued that the demonstration is an attempt by the former governing party to alter political history, evade accountability, and generate synthetic public sympathy out of thin air.

Reacting to the street protest, Gbede noted that after an eight-year tenure characterized by ruinous economic mismanagement, crushing hardship, staggering public debt, and the systematic erosion of public trust, the NPP cannot suddenly rebrand itself as a vanguard of democratic values.

“The NPP cannot opportunistically weaponize the noble rhetoric of democracy as a political fortress whenever legitimate institutional scrutiny approaches,” Gbede wrote. “True democracy guarantees the rule of law, not political immunity; it ensures equality before the law, not aristocratic privilege for partisan elites.”

He further asserted that for nearly a decade, Ghanaians decried rampant illegal mining, widespread environmental degradation, reckless fiscal indiscipline, and allegations of corruption, but those pleas were met with indifference.

Gbede maintained that a political class that suffered a decisive rebuke at the ballot box cannot manufacture public goodwill through street rallies and rehearsed outrage.

“Ghana belongs to its sovereign citizens, not to political elites who believe that executive power should serve as an everlasting shield against public accountability,” he stated.

Taking a swipe at the leadership and members of the opposition party taking part in the march, Gbede remarked that the demonstrators “should be ready for more health walks,” adding that government policies such as Mahama Care demonstrate genuine concern for the health and welfare of Ghanaians alongside the existing national health insurance system.

A member of the Volta Regional Communication Team of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Hon. Japhet Festus Gbede, has launched attack on the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) following its “Democracy Under Attack” demonstration, ridiculing the protest as a mere “political performance of victimhood.”

In a fiery post shared on his official Facebook page, the outspoken NDC communicator described the march as the “desperate, self-serving theater of a politically bankrupt establishment” trying to rewrite history, dodge accountability, and manufacture synthetic public sympathy out of thin air.

Reacting to the street protest, Gbede noted that after an abrasive eight-year tenure marked by ruinous economic mismanagement, crushing hardship, staggering public debt, and the systematic erosion of public trust, the NPP cannot hypocritically rebrand itself as a vanguard of democratic values.

“The NPP cannot opportunistically weaponize the noble rhetoric of democracy as a political fortress whenever legitimate institutional scrutiny approaches,” Gbede wrote. “True democracy guarantees the rule of law, not political immunity; it ensures equality before the law, not aristocratic privilege for partisan elites.”

He emphasized that for nearly a decade, millions of Ghanaians decried rampant illegal mining, widespread environmental degradation, reckless fiscal indiscipline, and allegations of corruption pleas that were met by the former administration with calculated indifference.

Gbede maintained that a political class that suffered a decisive rebuke at the ballot box cannot manufacture public goodwill through street rallies and rehearsed outrage, reminding the opposition that executive power was never meant to serve as an everlasting shield against public accountability.

Taking a direct swipe at the NPP marchers, Gbede mocked the demonstration as nothing more than an exercise routine, adding that the opposition should brace themselves for further exercise while praising the current administration’s health interventions.

“They should be ready for more health walks. At least Mahama Care is a policy that shows concern for the health and welfare of Ghanaians, alongside the existing health insurance system,” he concluded.