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Political analyst Dr. Kwame Asah-Asante has taken a swipe at Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the 2024 Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), for deflecting blame for the party’s loss in the 2024 general elections.
Speaking on Citi FM’s Eyewitness News on Monday, April 28, 2025, Dr. Asah-Asante advised the former Vice President to confront the party’s shortcomings openly rather than assigning blame, emphasizing that honesty and accountability are key for the party’s recovery.
“All that they have to do is that they should be bold and say that we got it wrong, we failed here, and then we proceed on the route of integrity,” he stated. “But once you begin to pass back, you begin to apportion blame towards some people, then obviously you are running away from the truth.”
He cautioned that avoiding responsibility could have long-term consequences for the NPP, saying, “Remember that in politics, there is a day of reckoning, and that day of reckoning is when you come face to face with the reality.”
Dr. Bawumia had earlier outlined several reasons for the party’s electoral defeat, citing issues such as the arrogance of power, economic hardships, the failure to reshuffle key government officials, the unpopular E-Levy, and the haircut policy implemented during the economic crisis.
However, Dr. Asah-Asante questioned the credibility of the post-election report that formed the basis for those conclusions. He challenged the methodology used, expressing doubts about whether it truly captured the sentiments of voters at both the regional and constituency levels.
“I want to see the instrument that they used to collect the data,” he said. “If the instrument did not try to elicit responses privileged to regional-specific issues and constituency-specific issues, then I have a problem with the instrument that they used. Because in election surveys, we have national issues, and beyond that, we have regional, constituency issues.”
He urged the NPP to take a more introspective approach, warning that without a candid assessment of what went wrong, the party’s future could be in jeopardy.
“They have a lot to do, but this whole approach will not help them. They need to sit down and look at the report and see how they can deal with the report,” he concluded.
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