There are moments in the life of a political party when silence is easier than truth, and applause is cheaper than principle.
Moments when power whispers seductively, urging restraint to give way to indulgence—making people believe that an election victory was self-generated, and forgetting that power was earned because the party was trusted to uphold the supreme laws of the land. It is precisely at such moments that history separates parties that endure from those that implode.
This is one of those moments.
And in this defining hour, the NDC has been blessed—quietly, providentially—with a General Secretary who understands that politics without discipline is a slow march to self-destruction.
Fifi Fiavi Kwetey did not speak to wound. He spoke to warn. He did not speak to belittle comrades. He spoke to protect the soul of the party. At Ada, during the solemn remembrance of the December 31st Revolution, he did what very few political actors have the courage to do in moments of triumph: he told his own people the truth.
Truth is rarely popular. But it is always necessary.
Let us be honest. Ghana’s 1992 Constitution is unambiguous. Presidential tenure is capped at two terms. This is not a footnote. It is a cornerstone. It is the very guardrail that protects the Republic from ambition without limits. When a General Secretary reminds his party of this sacred boundary, he is not committing heresy; he is performing his highest constitutional and moral duty.
There is a dangerous confusion creeping into our politics—the confusion between public sentiment and party responsibility. Citizens are free to express admiration, nostalgia, or even speculative desires. Political parties, however, are not afforded that luxury. A party must be the custodian of restraint, legality, and institutional memory. It must think beyond the present applause and consider the judgment of history.
This is where Fifi Kwetey stands apart.
He understands that a party that toys with constitutional shortcuts, even rhetorically, plants seed it will one day struggle to uproot. He understands that today’s reckless chant becomes tomorrow’s campaign albatross. He understands that no opposition weapon is more lethal than a ruling party that appears intoxicated by power and willing to flaunt the nation’s Constitution. Fifi Kwetey moves decisively to correct that dangerous mindset and pull the party back from that edge before it inflicts irreversible harm on itself.
The NDC does not need to look far for evidence. The recent collapse of moral authority within the NPP did not happen overnight. It was gradual. It began the moment truth-tellers went silent, when internal discipline was sacrificed on the altar of convenience, when no one in the hierarchy was willing to say, “This is wrong.” Parties do not lose power merely because voters are ungrateful; they lose power because they forget themselves.
What then is Fifi Kwetey’s crime?
That he wants a party anchored in law?
That he insists the NDC must never be associated—now or in the future—with constitutional vandalism?
That he seeks to preserve the party’s historic identity as a movement built on probity, accountability, social justice, and moral courage?
If that is arrogance, then Ghana needs more of it.
Leadership is not the art of echoing the loudest voices in the room. It is the discipline of protecting the quiet principles that hold the room together. A General Secretary is not elected to flatter; he is entrusted to steer. To feel the pulse of the party, yes—but also to diagnose when fever is setting in and administer bitter medicine before the illness becomes fatal.
Even the President himself, John Mahama, understands the danger. He has made it clear that he harbors no intention of breaching the constitutional order. This alone should sober the excesses of overzealous supporters. More importantly, it should remind the party of its own strength: the NDC is not a one-man vehicle. It has depth. It has talent. It has the intellectual and political capacity to produce leadership succession without tearing the constitutional fabric of the Republic.
The task before the party is not to fantasize about forbidden paths, but to rally solidly behind its President, help him deliver on his mandate, and earn—through performance—the moral authority to seek renewal from the Ghanaian people.
History teaches us something profound: nations do not fail because they lack resources. Ghana does not lack gold, oil, cocoa, or brilliant minds. Ghana does not lack institutions or policy frameworks. What nations lack—and what distinguishes success stories like Singapore—is discipline. Values. An almost stubborn commitment to rules even when breaking them appears convenient.
That same discipline is what Fifi Kwetey is calling for within the NDC. And this is why the party must pause, reflect, and indeed bless God. Because in an era where sycophancy is often rewarded and restraint mocked, the NDC has a General Secretary who refuses to mortgage tomorrow for today’s cheers. A man who understands that the most patriotic service a political leader can render is to save his party from itself.
Not under such leadership will the NDC fall into the trap of self-inflicted ruin. Not under such leadership will the party betray the Constitution it once championed. Not under such leadership will Ghana be told that power matters more than principle.
In Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, the NDC has not just a General Secretary—but a guardian.
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