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POST-ELECTION BLUES: WILL THE NEW PATRIOTIC PARTY (NPP) IMPLODE?

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The challenges currently facing Ghana’s New Patriotic Party (NPP) are not unique. Similar experiences from other political parties in African democracies, such as South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC) and Nigeria’s All Progressives Congress (APC), provide valuable lessons on how to manage internal party strife, leadership transitions, and calls for reform. Both parties experienced a decline in public support owing to delayed responses to corruption allegations, economic challenges, and internal conflicts. Just as in the case of the NPP, both parties faced criticism for being dominated by aging political elites, who were seen as out of touch with the concerns of younger voters. Drawing on these comparative cases, the NPP can identify strategies to avoid internal implosion and rebuild its political relevance.

COUNTRY STUDIES

GHANA 2024 ELECTION TICKETS AND MANIFESTOES – A CHOICE BETWEEN PROGRESS, STAGNATION AND RETROGRESSION

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A number of factors are likely to work against the NPP ticket and party during the general elections in December … Furthermore, the electorate is looking forward to a ticket which is not desultory, non-cavalier, and not sweet-tongued, but able to lead from the back with all honesty, humility and accountability; yet very enterprising.

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Bullion Vans in the Living Room: Unregulated Wealth and the Risks We Ignore

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If a public official shows such a lack of care in managing their own wealth, how can they be entrusted with the much larger budgets of public ministries, where responsible stewardship is paramount? This concern, however, leads to an even more troubling possibility – is the cash deliberately kept at home to avoid scrutiny?
…If CHRAJ and the National Security Secretariat fail to act, concerned citizens have a constitutional right to demand enforcement of public safety and accountability under Article 41(f), which compels citizens to “protect and preserve public property and combat the misuse and waste of public resources”.

COUNTRY STUDIES

BENIN: POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SURVEY

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President Patrice Talon’s tenure in Benin has been a complex interplay of ambitious neoliberal economic reforms and contentious political changes. While his administration may have made strides in modernising the country’s infrastructure and business environment, it has also faced significant criticism for undermining democratic processes and suppressing dissent opinions which have raised concerns about the state of democracy and civil liberties in the country.