By Ghana Eye Report
President John Dramani Mahama’s promises made during the 2024 electioneering period have collapsed, the Minority Caucus in Parliament said on Thursday.
Addressing a press conference to react to the President’s 120-day speech last night, Minority Leader Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin said Mr. Mahama has presided over a “recycled failure.”
He dismissed the government’s claims of turning the corner as “cosmetic,” contending to be far short of addressing pressing issues like economic hardship, mass unemployment, and stalled governance reforms.
“Now, the 120 days are over, the promises have collapsed, the excuses have run dry, the reckoning must begin,” he said. “Let it be said plainly to every Ghanaian — you were not given a reset; you were sold a recycled failure,” said Afenyo-Markin.
He described the president’s speech as reflecting a leader who has run out of ideas to govern the nation.
“This is not just a speech; it is a call to remembrance and resistance,” Afenyo-Markin asserted. “It is a forensic audit of the presidency that campaigned with the urgency of a reformer but now governs with the indifference of a ruler long exhausted by ideas,” he added.
President Mahama, during his national broadcast, claimed his government had made remarkable progress in just 120 days of governance.
He mentioned significant reforms such as the repeal of controversial taxes, institutional restructuring, and steps toward legislative accountability.
But the Minority Leader dismissed the President’s recent national address as a hollow display of self-congratulation that fails to reflect the lived realities of Ghanaians. He argued that the President’s much-touted social contract remains largely unfulfilled.
Afenyo-Markin, also a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Efutu Constituency, expressed concern that the early promise of the administration had already begun to falter, claiming that President Mahama’s leadership is entering into what he called its “lame duck days.”
He accused the government of betraying the trust of the people by choosing political expediency over genuine transformation.
According to him, the Mahama-led administration is “trading the will of the people for political convenience,” and he urged citizens to be vigilant and vocal in defending the integrity of the democratic process.
The Efutu MP argued that the achievements outlined by Mr. Mahama are “largely superficial, lacking the depth and impact needed to resolve the country’s deep-seated challenges.” Enditem
Source: Ghana Eye Report
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