After losing almost 32 Parliamentary seats in the just-ended 2020 Presidential and Parliamentary elections, the Western Regional Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr. Charles Bissue has indicated the intention of his party to set up a committee to look into the causes of the defeat.

According to the Presidential Staffer, the work of the committee will be to investigate the magnitude of defeat the New Patriotic Party (NPP) suffered in the Parliamentary election as the party's hold in the August House trickled down from 169 seats to 137.

Divulging the information on Okay FM’s Ade Akye Abia Morning Show, Charles Onua Wontor Bissue said that the committee's work will enable the governing party to proffer solutions to the root causes.

Without outlining the activities of the committee, the Western Regional Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) noted that the work of the committee will ascertain whether the conduct of the Deputy Ministers affected their Parliamentary activities and that of their constituencies.

“There must be a committee to investigate the magnitude of our defeat in the Parliamentary election. We have to identify the problem and that will be the beginning of the solution . . . the MPs who lost their seats who double as deputy Ministers, we have to find out whether their work at the ministries affected their Parliamentary activities and that of their constituencies," he indicated.

He added that the committee will address the issue of Parliamentary Primaries where executives choose an affluent candidate over a popular candidate who can win the affection of the general public.

He, however, was certain that the issue of imposing Parliamentary Candidate on the constituents may have contributed to the shocking defeat in the Parliamentary election; thus, the committee’s work will help to determine such flaws as it will prepare the party very well in the next election.

He maintained the view that the NPP would not have been compelled to set up a committee to investigate the cause of defeat if it had won 140 seats in Parliament; reiterating that the party would have still been complacent into thinking that it can win the next election in 2024.