Former Deputy Attorney General Joseph Kpemka has described the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) defeat in the 2024 general elections as a “national tsunami.” In an interview on The Point of View with Umaru Sanda Amadu on Channel One TV on Tuesday, July 29, Kpemka shared that key figures within the party had anticipated their loss on election night.
“By 10 PM, I knew that we had lost the 2024 elections on December 7. If you look at the December 2016 elections, by 8 PM to 9 PM, the reports we received from our IT expert, Joseph Anokye, clearly indicated that we were leading,” he recalled. “In the same way, in 2020, by 8 PM to 9 PM, the reports from his office showed we were in the lead. But this time, it was very quiet and disheartening. So, we knew by 11 PM to midnight that things were not looking good for us at all,” Kpemka added. He attributed the party’s significant defeat to a combination of domestic and global factors.
“It was a tsunami, and it was a national one that hit us hard, and the circumstances that led to that are very clear and obvious, both local and international. A lot of factors played a role,” he said. Despite the loss, Kpemka expressed optimism that the party’s electoral fortunes would improve if Ghanaians were to vote again today. “If elections were to be conducted today, I’m very convinced that the performance that we recorded will improve tremendously, I’m very convinced,” he stated.
By: Leticia Osei
