'If you’re not ready for the 2028 elections, go and sit somewhere' - Japhet Jabs NPP

Japhet Festus Gbede, an aspiring Deputy Communications Officer of the NDC Japhet Festus Gbede, an aspiring Deputy Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Akatsi South Constituency, has criticised the New Patriotic Party (NPP) over its reaction to President John Dramani Mahama’s appointment of two Deputy Chairpersons of the Electoral Commission (EC), accusing the opposition party of double standards and selective outrage.

In a Facebook post, the outspoken communicator of the NDC questioned the consistency of the NPP’s position on appointments to the Electoral Commission, arguing that the party appeared to be applying a different standard under the Mahama administration from the one it defended while in government under former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

Its former Deputy General Secretary, Nana Obiri Boahen, argued that political party membership alone did not automatically disqualify an individual from being appointed to the Electoral Commission.