BY Daniel Bampoe
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) is heading into a decisive closed-door meeting as tensions rise within the party over a growing dispute surrounding proxy voting rights for its members living abroad.
The development has forced the Presidential Elections Committee (PEC) to summon key presidential hopefuls and senior party figures to Accra for what insiders describe as a “make-or-break” discussion ahead of the party’s upcoming presidential primaries.
The meeting, scheduled for Thursday, November 20, 2025 at the NPP National Headquarters at Asylum Down, comes in the wake of a strongly-worded petition from the party’s diaspora constituency executives.
These executives, many of whom are studying or working outside Ghana, are demanding the right to vote by proxy, citing Article 25(1)(b) of the party’s constitution—which permits a registered voter who will be absent on polling day to appoint a proxy.
The petition argues that the party’s failure to facilitate this process for qualified members abroad amounts to “unconstitutional disenfranchisement.”
Their grievances have escalated to the point where several have threatened legal action if the NEC does not uphold their constitutional rights.
Party sources have confirmed that legal consultations are already underway, raising the stakes ahead of the primaries.
In an attempt to contain the internal tension and prevent a public legal confrontation, the PEC issued an official invitation on November 9, 2025, calling aspirants and national leadership to a crucial deliberative meeting.
The letter, signed by William Yamoah, Secretary to the PEC, cites “matters of great importance relating to the forthcoming Presidential Elections” and promises updated information on the electoral process.
Those invited are presidential aspirants: Ken Ohene Agyapong, Dr. Bryan Acheampong, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum and Ing. Kwabena Agyei Agyepong.
Also copied in the correspondence were the Acting National Chairman, the General Secretary, National Executives and the Chairman of the National Council of Elders—an indication of the seriousness with which the party leadership is treating the growing rift.
The diaspora petition has become a flashpoint in the NPP’s internal politics, with some party elders concerned that a court case could cast a shadow over the party’s claim to uphold democratic values.
The NPP has faced internal procedural disputes before, but seldom on this scale or with the threat of a legal injunction looming ahead of a major electoral contest.
