In a candid and sobering reflection, seasoned NPP stalwart Boakye Agyarko has sounded a clarion call for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to rediscover its ideological roots, warning that the party risks becoming a mere political label manipulated by self-serving cabals if urgent reforms are not enacted.
In a statement titled "Teachings From Our Past: Things We Must Avoid," Agyarko lamented what he described as the party's drift from its founding ideals.
According to him, the NPP has strayed from being a true political movement-defined by shared principles and national purpose-into a fragmented entity dominated by narrow interest groups. "The fundamental problem of the NPP, now, is that we are drifting away from the true form and definition of a political party… Instead, we in our current form have become a label," Agyarko declared.
He drew parallels to American political analyst Stuart Stevens, who warned that political parties without higher purpose devolve into mere cartels, existing only to seize and retain power.
