The General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Justin Frimpong Kodua, has said the party's defeat in the 2024 general elections was not an isolated incident but part of a global trend in which incumbent governments were voted out due to a mix of economic and political factors.
Speaking in an interview on Channel One TV's The Point of View on Wednesday June 18, he noted that while the NPP is undertaking a thorough internal review of its performance, the outcome of the 2024 elections must also be understood within a wider international context. "Certainly, the election in 2024 is something that, if we are to do retrospection, there were several factors that caused our defeat.
It is not only restricted to governance," he explained. "Apathy also set in within the party, and then there's the normal political cycle - many Ghanaians feel that after eight years in power, there should be a change in government." He cited global economic challenges such as the aftershocks of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war as having had a direct impact on the country's economy, thereby influencing voter sentiment.
Kodua also pointed out a broader international pattern: "Do you know as many as 60 countries' incumbent governments lost the elections?
