Kennedy Agyapong camp criticises Bawumia’s ‘9% pe’ campaign message
A key member of Kennedy Agyapong’s campaign team, Dr. Palgrave Boakye-Danquah, has taken aim at the Vice President’s camp, criticising their much-touted “9% pe” narrative in the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) flagbearer race.
His comments come in the wake of criticism from Elikem Kotoko of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), who accused Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia of politicising the death of the late Akwatia MP, Ernest Kumi, during a condolence visit.
Speaking on Channel One TV’s Breakfast Daily on Monday, September 1, Dr. Boakye-Danquah questioned the mathematical logic behind Dr. Bawumia’s campaign claim that the NPP only needs 9% more support to win the 2028 general election, having secured 41% in 2024.
“This morning I have been careful not to talk about the ‘9% pe’ that is left because some of the comments you are not too sure whether they are voodoo analysis or scientific or unscientific,” he said.
He argued that the party needs a flagbearer who can unite parliamentary candidates, not one banking on questionable arithmetic or premature assumptions.
“We have not even finished with our primaries, and you are assuming you will win the primaries, and for that reason, it is left with ‘9% pe’. When you have been the candidate in this Fourth Republic that has recorded the lowest number of votes of any of the parliamentary candidates put together. All the MPs together had 5 million votes, and you had 4 million. From 1996 to date, it has never happened before,” he added.
The NPP flagbearer contest has intensified in recent weeks, with growing tensions and sharp rhetoric between supporters of Dr. Bawumia and Kennedy Agyapong, each making their case to lead the party into the 2028 elections.
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