Former Ghana Ambassador to the Netherlands, Dr Tony Aidoo, has accused President Akufo-Addo of damaging Ghana's democratic environment.

According to him, both the president and the NPP, throughout Ghana's history, have caused significant harm, especially from the early 2000s to recent years.

Speaking on Joy News' AM Show in an exclusive interview with Benjamin Akakpo on Monday, December 2, Dr Aidoo stated that Nana Addo has destroyed the rule of law in the country and described him as a fascist.

"In the year 2000, when the NPP held its last rally at Mantse Agbona in Accra, Akufo-Addo was one of the speakers. After the rally, Rawlings asked me, 'What do you think of him?' and I said he is a fascist," he told Benjamin.

He further described the president as an autocratic leader, saying, "Look at the way he has bastardized all our constitutional bodies, where is the independence of the Electoral Commission? And the entire judiciary has been bastardized."

Dr Aidoo alleged that the Chairperson of the EC and her staff "come from the NPP side," adding that the president has placed his activists "into the organization (EC), and right now nobody trusts the Electoral Commissioner."

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Speaking about the origins of the NPP, he said that the United Party (UP) tradition, from its inception, has been associated with violence, and as a result, he "hates the NPP political tradition."

He also criticiZed the Akufo-Addo government, asking, "What is democratic about them?"

Dr Tony Aidoo once served as senior presidential aide and Head of the Policy Evaluation and Oversight Unit of the office of the late President Atta Mills from 2009 to 2013, in addition to being a member of the Cabinet’s Economic Management Team for three years.