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0 NDC General Secretary, Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, says he is ready to lose his political ambition if it will help the party and the country return to principled leadership.
Speaking on Joy News’ PM Express on Tuesday, Mr Kwetey insisted that the National Democratic Congress cannot win public trust by condemning the governing NPP while tolerating similar conduct within its own ranks.
“You must be ready for consequences,” he said, after host Evans Mensah raised concerns that his push for values and internal reforms could hurt his personal political prospects.
Mr Kwetey argued that hypocrisy has no place in political leadership.
“One thing I’ve always said is this: you can’t simply be attacking your opponent when you were doing exactly the same thing as your opponent. So that hypocrisy, for me, is not something that we should encourage.”
He said his message to party delegates is neither new nor unusual. Instead, it is a reminder of what the party already claims to stand for.
He referenced the party’s anthem, saying it clearly demands that members place Ghana first. He noted that delegates sing it with pride at every party function.
According to him, the anthem’s words show that the NDC’s values are already known. The problem, he suggested, is that the party sometimes fails to live by them.
“So what am I really doing? I’m simply telling the delegate this is what the party you belong to is all about,” he said.
Mr Kwetey maintained that the NDC’s promise to reset Ghana must begin with internal transformation. He said the reset cannot be reduced to slogans or partisan comparisons.
“To reset the country means business as usual has to be over,” he said.
He rejected the idea that the NDC’s role is only to accuse the NPP. “You simply cannot expect that everything is done. NPP is bad, ndc is good. No, NPP is bad. But it doesn’t mean ndc is perfect.”
Mr Kwetey said the party must become better if it wants to produce leaders who will truly place Ghana where it ought to be. He warned that simply blaming the governing party is not enough.
“As far as I’m concerned, a lot more is expected of us,” he said, adding: “To whom a lot is given, a lot is expected.”
He stressed that the responsibility placed on the NDC by Ghanaians must be matched with a different example, especially for young people.
“We owe it to, especially the young generation of Ghanaians, to make sure that the examples we are setting are different examples. We cannot continue the business as usual.”
Mr Kwetey said he is willing to pursue that path even if it ends his personal political rise. “It’s a path some of us are willing to fight for even at the cost of my political ambition.”
For him, he said, leadership is not about personal ambition. “It’s about transforming our country.”
He added that individuals will come and go, but the values must remain. “Cadres will go, Cadres will come, but the revolution has come to stay.”
