Mr Kodzo Hamenya Keglo, the Spokesperson for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Action Movement, has emphasised the group’s commitment towards propelling the vision of the party for victory in 2020.

Mr Keglo blamed the defeat of the party in the 2016 polls on the failure of some party members to respect the advice of notable leaders and members of the party.

“Until the party addresses their attitude of not taking the advice of the party members a similar occurrence would happen come 2020 elections.” he said

At a press conference organised in Accra on Wednesday, the Spokesperson commented on the ongoing investigations of the party’s defeat.

He said after the demise of the Late President John Evans Atta Mills, the John Mahama-led administration underperformed and failed to propel the vision of the party to maintain the seat in 2016.  

Mr Keglo said the party was voted into power out of pity during the 2012, as Ghanaians felt sympathetic for the party due to the sad death of the former President, adding that, ‘the governance of the party did not merit the victory.

He explained that there were series of cankers in the party after the demise of former President Mills which included misappropriation of public resources, incompetence and corruption.   “The Ghanaian voters only voted for us because they felt pity for us due to the sad death of our former President. It was not because they liked our system of governance”.

Mr Keglo said the Action Movement was resolute to make suggestions to the party to correct the cankers to prepare the party adequately for “victory 2020”.                 He observed with regret, the failure of the party to eradicate the menace before the 2016 polls and stated that, until it identified and addressed the evils, the “party cannot make progress come 2020. You cannot approach issues the same way and expect to make any difference.”      Mr Keglo said some robust measures must be put in place to resolve the problems to foster the way forward for elections 2020.            He described the party’s defeat as “a miserable loss” and that the Action Movement would not sit unconcerned for the party to face such difficulties come 2020.      The Spokesperson said the youth of the party was poised to rebuild the party by clearing all sorts of mischiefs, disrespect, disunity and indecency.       He emphasised that the group would work tirelessly to name and shame the militants who are against the party’s progress with evil deeds and called on government to investigate and prosecute anyone who would be found culpable in connection with corruption.       “It doesn’t matter whether the person belongs to NDC or any other party the law must work and clamp down on corruption to protect the public purse” he added.