The Member of Parliament for Gomoa Central, Kwame Asare Obeng, popularly known as A Plus, has claimed that former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo would have suffered a heavy electoral defeat had he contested the 2024 general election based on his record in office.

Appearing on JoyNews’ AM Show on Wednesday, December 17, the lawmaker argued that public dissatisfaction with the former president’s performance would have translated into an overwhelming rejection at the polls.

“If Akufo-Addo had contested in the 2024 election with the same performance, he would have gotten about 10 per cent of the vote. There is no way Akufo-Addo would have won,” A Plus said.

According to him, the voting behaviour of Ghanaians clearly shows that leaders who fail to meet public expectations are punished at the ballot box, regardless of constitutional provisions such as presidential term limits.

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“Ghanaians would have voted against him, and we have shown clearly that if Ghanaians don’t like you, they don’t like you. So term limit wouldn’t do anything for anybody,” he added.

He noted that the Constitution clearly outlines the procedures for amending entrenched provisions, including term limits, and said that initiating such conversations could influence how leaders govern.

He suggested that the prospect of an additional term in office could compel a sitting president to improve performance.

“The law says that if you want to remove term limit from the constitution, this is how to go about it. I believe that that conversation alone will get John Mahama to do more than he is doing now,” he said.

He further questioned whether former President Akufo-Addo would have governed differently if he had known a third term was constitutionally possible.

“If Akufo-Addo knew that he could have a third term, do you think he would have done the things that he did?” he asked.

The Gomoa Central MP also maintained that any attempt to amend the Constitution must strictly follow the law.

“If we have to test the law, the law is the law. The law says that if you want to change an entrenched constitution, this is how to go about it. You can test it. It will go down in history,” he added.