The First National Vice Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dankwa Smith Butey, known as Chairman Butey, is of the view that any national executive of the party who contests to lead again is doing so for their own personal interests, rather than for the good of the party.
He explains that all the national executives failed in the roles they were given by the party members and do not deserve another term in office.
“I believe we have to sack all the national executives, myself included. We have failed, so what do we want again? We were given 137 seats to protect and even add more, but what did we do? We reduced our seats to 88.”
He continued, “We need fresh people to take over the administration of the party. The party belongs to all of us, and we need to put it first before our selfish interests. We took the party with 137 seats and brought it to 88, and we are not ashamed. We want to contest again with these results? You think we are not smart people?”
Any national executive who is thinking of contesting for any position again is doing so not for the party, but for personal gain. They do not want the party to progress, because if they truly loved the party, they would not contest for any position again.
“They claim Akufo-Addo made us lose, but as National Executives, when Akufo-Addo was doing the things that led to our loss, what did you tell him? You were silent, and after what he did affected the party, you came and blamed him? The executives must accept that they were responsible for the NPP’s loss in the election. We brought the party to power, so if the person who was leading was going astray and we couldn’t rein him in, then what kind of leaders are we? Please, NPP members, vote against any National Executive who plans to contest for any position,” he told Sompa FM in Accra.