The Managing Editor of the Insight Newspaper has attributed the defeat of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate in the Kumbungu parliamentary by-election on Tuesday, to the failure of government and the governing party to read the signs on the wall.
According to Kwesi Pratt Jnr, the decision by government to second Alhaji Mohammed Mumuni, who was the NDC MP, to be ECOWAS-ACP General Secretary was a “major mistake” and it is therefore not surprising that the party has lost one of its seats in parliament.
According to Mr Pratt, who was speaking on Adom FM’s Dwaso Nsem morning show of Thursday May 2, 2013, the rejection of the NDC candidate was a reflection of the displeasure of the people of Kumbungu about government’s decision to replace their chosen son, Mumuni, with a candidate they had earlier rejected at the primary.
The veteran journalist said government’s move was a major miscalculation, coming just four months after the 2012 elections and especially given the constitutional provision of appointing fifty (50) percent of Ministers from parliament.
Ministers, he pointed out, are usually not in parliament and sometimes are sent out of Ghana on official business and may therefore not be available to help pass crucial legislation to further government’s agenda.
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