NDC General Secretary, Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, has called on his party to end what he describes as hypocrisy, warning that the party cannot campaign on a promise to reset Ghana while repeating the same political habits it condemns.

Speaking on Joy News’ PM Express on Tuesday, Mr Kwetey said the party must be ready to pay the price for taking principled positions, even if those positions affect personal ambitions.

“You must be ready for consequences,” he said.

He stressed that the NDC cannot build public trust by attacking only the governing New Patriotic Party while failing to hold itself to higher standards.

“One thing I’ve always said is this: you can’t simply be attacking your opponent when you were doing exactly the same thing as your opponent. So that hypocrisy, for me, is not something that we should encourage,” he stated.

Mr Kwetey said his message to party delegates is not new preaching, but a return to the core values the party claims to stand for.

He cited the party anthem and argued that the NDC has always preached patriotism and put Ghana first.

“The NDC delegates sing the anthem of the party with pride,” he said, explaining that the anthem itself calls for members to “always place our country as number one,” and to “arise and arise for Ghana, all patriots of the land.”

“So what am I really doing? I’m simply telling the delegate this is what the party you belong to is all about,” he said.

Mr Kwetey said the party’s reset agenda demands a clear break from the past, and not the usual partisan framing that paints one side as entirely good and the other as entirely bad.

“And to reset the country means business as usual has to be over,” he said.

“You simply cannot expect that everything is done. NPP is bad, ndc is good. No, NPP is bad. But it doesn’t mean ndc is perfect,” he added.

He said the party must become better internally if it wants to produce leaders capable of transforming the country.

“In order to justify the faith that people are placing in us, we need to make sure charity begins at home,” he said.

“Our party must become better and better,” he added, insisting that “simply accusing the NPP is not enough.”

Mr Kwetey said the responsibility placed on the NDC by Ghanaians is heavy, especially in the eyes of younger citizens who want a new political culture.

“A lot more is expected of us,” he said.

He noted that “the people of Ghana have given us a lot of responsibility,” and the party must offer “different examples.”

“We cannot continue business as usual,” he warned, adding he is willing to pursue this path even if it comes at a personal cost.

“It’s a path some of us are willing to… fight for even at the cost of my political ambition,” he said.

For him, he insisted, the goal is bigger than individual ambition. “It’s not an ambition. It’s about transforming our country,” he said.