CPP goes wild on EIU for omitting it from its report
James Kwabena Bomfeh (Kabila), a member of the Convention Peoples Party (CPP), has voiced worry about the Economist Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) recent report’s failure to capture the other major parties.
He believes that any researcher who focuses just on the two major parties, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC), is doing so incorrectly.
According to the EIU, the main opposition NDC will win the next general elections if former President John Dramani Mahama is not chosen as their presidential candidate.
In a survey report published on April 13, 2022, EIU said “The next parliamentary and presidential elections are due in 2024. Under constitutionally mandated term limits, the incumbent president, Mr Akufo-Addo, cannot run for a third term.
The survey report further mentioned that “The former president, John Mahama, is reportedly considering running again, but we expect the opposition NDC to try to revitalise its prospects with a fresh candidate”.
But commenting on the report on TV3, Wednesday, April 20, 2022, Mr. Kabila said “What this report seeks to portray is try to picture 2024 as if it will be limited to two political parties. I read the report and they do not consider the possibility of any party”.
He observed that “In terms of winning elections, it has been largely NPP and NDC from 1993 but any election watcher will be making a mistake if they don’t factor in the independent candidates and other political parties and effect.”
