Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, an outspoken member of parliament for Assin Central and potential presidential candidate for the governing New Patriotic Party, has pleaded with Ghanaians not to compare him to former US President Donald Trump.
In a Citi TV Face to Face interview with Umaru Sanda Amadu, Agyapong assertively referred to himself as “the people’s man.”
Because of his shift from the business sector to politics and his unwavering stance on different topics, Agyapong, a successful entrepreneur who is one of ten candidates fighting for the leadership of the NPP for the forthcoming 2024 elections, is sometimes compared to Trump.
Agyapong, however, quickly disassociates himself from such similarities.
He argues that many of the measures Donald Trump implemented when he was president were harmful to regular people, which is why he passionately rejects any relationship with the former US president.
“I call myself the people’s man. When you talk about business, and you mention Donald Trump, I agree. But if you tell me, in politics, I’m like Donald Trump, I disagree. I have been in politics for about 32 years. Donald Trump was a typical businessman, and he went into politics to make a change. Some of his policies were too harsh to ordinary citizens, but when it comes to Ken Agyapong, I think about the ordinary people first and not the higher class,” Agyapong said.
“Although the NPP aligns with the Republicans, I’m a Democrat. Democrats always make policies that take care of ordinary people. For Republicans, sometimes their decisions are very tough and do not favor the ordinary citizen. I’m not a conservative, I’m not a socialist either, I’m a liberal,” he said.
Source: Mybrytfmonline.com/Joseph Asare
