Investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni has cautioned the New Patriotic Party (NPP) against what he calls the weaponization of collective failure in its internal presidential race, specifically the attempt to disqualify Vice President Dr.
Mahamudu Bawumia based solely on the party's performance in government.
In a post shared on Facebook, Manasseh argued that while Bawumia was indeed part of a regime that failed Ghanaians in many respects, he cannot be singled out as the face of that failure when other key figures in the same administration are now his internal opponents. "Dr.
Bawumia has been part of a failed regime," Manasseh wrote. "But in my article, in which I intend to explain why I think Bawumia should lead the NPP, I will also explain why Bawumia's failure in that regime is enough to disqualify his internal opponents if that failure were to form the basis for his rejection in the internal race." He stressed that such blame-shifting not only reeks of political convenience but also lacks integrity. "You cannot pretend Bawumia was the only person in the Akufo-Addo government.
