Martin Kpebu, a legal practitioner, has stated that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) will have a challenging time regaining power in 2028 due to the significant difference in votes between the opposition party and the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the general election of 2024.
Kpebu added that popular discontent with the administration had not yet reached a level that could ensure a shift of power and that the NPP would find it difficult to eliminate the gap in four years.
“2028 is too soon for the NPP to come back in four years. You can’t wipe out about 1.6 to 1.7 million votes,” he said.
Although Kpebu admitted that Ghanaians were under strain due to growing fuel costs and living expenses, he contended that economic hardships might not be sufficient to remove the government.
“The thing that is doing the government in a bit is the fuel prices because people keep calling me, ‘Council, times are hard, times are hard,’” he said.
He went on to say that Ghana was not the only country experiencing financial difficulties, citing comparable issues with affordability in the US and the UK.
“Because generally times are hard all over the world, it will be difficult to single out and say that, oh, because times haven’t improved that much, that alone can send this government away in four years,” Kpebu stated.
He insisted that in order to turn around its electoral fortunes, the NPP would require more than just public grievances about the state of the economy.
“I’ve always said that the real fight will be in 2032,” he said.
Source:Mybrytfmonline.com
