The NPP General Secretary has denied allegations that the party’s upcoming presidential primaries have been deliberately structured to favour former Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia or any specific candidate.
Justin Frimpong Kodua’s comments follow concerns raised by some party members and political observers regarding the fairness of the process.
The NPP has officially set January 31, 2026, as the date for its presidential primaries, a decision ratified by the party’s National Council after recommendations from its Constitution Review Committee.
However, speculation has mounted over whether the timeline and internal election arrangements might advantage the sitting Vice President.
In an interview on Channel One TV on Wednesday, 18 June, Mr Kodua described the claims as baseless.
“I will be very surprised if anyone thinks that an election that is yet to be conducted will favour a particular candidate,” he remarked, adding that the party’s commitment to democratic processes has remained consistent over the years.
He defended the integrity of the NPP’s internal electoral structure, noting that the stability of its leadership positions across various levels of the party hierarchy was a testament to fairness.
“If you have monitored our electoral history even from 1992, 1996 to 2000, at every election — from national through to polling stations — about 70%, sometimes even 80%, of current executives retain their positions,” he said.
Addressing the order in which internal elections are conducted, Mr Kodua maintained that it had no bearing on who benefits.
“The fact that you may even start from a polling station to national or national to a polling station does not make it skewed towards a particular person. Some current executives will continue to be executives,” he concluded.
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