Minority Leader and MP for Effutu, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has accused powerful figures within the National Democratic Congress (NDC) of pushing an agenda to remove key public office holders under the guise of government restructuring.

In a letter to President John Dramani Mahama titled “One Year After: Ghana’s Democracy at a Crossroads,” the Minority Leader reflected on developments since the December 7, 2024, general elections, which returned the NDC to power.

Mr Afenyo-Markin said the pattern of dismissals witnessed over the past year raises serious concerns about the direction of governance. According to him, the actions of the administration show a shift from national renewal to political retribution.

“First came the purge; thousands of citizens, working lawfully within state institutions and parastatals, were sent home without just cause or due process. Then came the unprecedented removal of the Chief Justice. Now, the top echelons of the Electoral Commission and the Office of the Special Prosecutor face the same fate.”

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He said that these developments point to a coordinated agenda driven not by the Presidency but by entrenched forces within the governing party.

“A pattern emerges, clear as daylight. Party hawks are the ones apparently driving the agenda,” the Minority Leader stated.

Afenyo-Markin added that the ongoing wave of removals does not align with the government’s stated commitment to national resetting and institutional strengthening.

“This is not RESET; it is retribution. This is not legacy-building; it is vendetta politics dressed in the language of renewal.”

He warned that a government focused on targeting individuals instead of addressing national challenges fails the very people who entrusted it with power.

“When a government spends its energy removing people rather than creating opportunities, when it focuses on settling scores rather than solving problems, it reveals its true priorities, and those priorities have nothing to do with the welfare of ordinary Ghanaians,” the letter read.