The Minority Leader of Parliament, Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin, has attributed the prosecution of certain members of the former government and the NPP to what he described as the divisions within the caucus.
According to him, the current state of their party has weakened the caucus, a situation he claims the Majority and the government have exploited to work against them.
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In a speech to the Minority Caucus during its meeting on November 13, 2025, Afenyo-Markin stated that as their members continue to “nurse grudges,” the government is, in turn, “running riot.”
“Right now, as we sit divided, the government is running riot. They are mismanaging our economy. They are weaponising State institutions. They are persecuting our compatriots-many among them today, former MPs, former Ministers, party members. They are emboldened by our weakness. They feed on our division,” he said.
Afenyo-Markin stated that the more their members disagree among themselves, the more it affects the country, ultimately defeating the purpose of the mandate they were given to serve.
“… We chose to serve. And in making that choice, we accepted a sacred duty to be the voice of the voiceless and the guardians of our democracy. But colleagues, I must speak plainly. That duty is suffering. Our people are suffering. And we are allowing our internal disagreements to become their burden. The enemy is not amongst us. The enemy is our division,” his statement continued.
He added that they should be holding the government accountable for the good of the citizens rather than remaining divided.
The Effutu lawmaker has therefore called for a united front among the party’s members in Parliament and within the party itself, emphasising that they can better serve the country’s interests when they are united.
“Respectfully, this must stop. It must stop today… We must never allow our internal disagreements to make the people of Ghana the collateral damage of our divisions. Who will stop them if we do not? The answer is no one. It is us or no one. And if we fail, Ghana fails,” he said.
“One NPP member can be intimidated. One former Minister can be arrested and his rights abused. But try breaking us when we stand together. They cannot. They will not. They dare not. One path leads to continued division. Down that path, we grow weaker. Our opponents grow bolder. Our people grow hopeless. Eventually, we perish-broken and forgotten.
“The other path leads to unity. We rediscover our strength. We remember our purpose. We become an effective Minority-sharp, focused, and relentless. The choice is ours. But let me be clear: We must choose unity. Perishing is not an option,” he added.
Source: Ghanaweb
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