I regret I couldn’t bring NDC back to office – Ofosu Ampofo

Former Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Dr. Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, has revealed that one of his greatest regrets is failing to secure a return to government for the NDC during his tenure as chairman.

In an interview on Starr Chat with Bola Ray, Dr. Ampofo stressed that the outcome would have been different if police brutality, killings, and the undermining of a free and fair electoral environment in those constituencies had not occurred.

The NDC would have won a parliamentary majority, which would have decisively tipped the scales in their favor.

“I am saying that in the absence of police brutalities and the killing of people, and ensuring that the environment for free, fair, and transparent elections did not happen in those constituencies, we would have won the parliamentary majority. And that would have turned the scale in our favor.

“The results that were achieved, both at the presidential and parliamentary levels. You know, in the history of this country, it’s the first time that a party within four years has been able to improve their total vote by over two million. Yes, under my leadership. We were able to improve our vote from 4.2 to about 6.3 million in four years,” he remarked.

Dr. Ampofo went on to explain that he does not know which of the results in 2020 can be said to be the final results.

“There was a lot of back-and-forth, with changes being made multiple times, and all we wanted was for the woman to finally stand trial, to come and explain the reasons to the Supreme Court,” the former National Chairman of the NDC stated.

Dr. Ampofo emphasized that if the NDC had not collated their results, they would not have been able to win in several constituencies that they lost initially.

He went on to explain that there was a challenge with the tabulation of the results and the outcome of the final results by the Electoral Commission, adding that the NDC went to court to seek legal redress due to their dissatisfaction with the election results.