The National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has hit back at comments made by the outgoing Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, saying the Effutu MP-elect can only lecture the party on impunity, not democracy.

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At a press conference on Friday, December 13, Afenyo-Markin, who also leads the New Patriotic Party (NPP) caucus in Parliament, accused NDC supporters of causing chaos at collation centres, describing their actions as detrimental to democracy and calling on the party’s leadership to act swiftly.In response, Mr.

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Asiedu Nketia dismissed the comments, saying, “We in the National Democratic Congress don’t need lectures from Afenyo-Markin about democracy at all. Indeed, if there were any lectures on impunity, we would invite him as our lecturer.”He further mocked Afenyo-Markin over his political standing following the NPP's recent electoral performance.

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“I heard my junior brother Afenyo-Markin, who, having rejected the position of Minority Leader, is now on his way to becoming a micro Minority Leader. He is bragging that he belongs to a party of the rule of law and all that,” Mr. Asiedu Nketia remarked.The NDC Chairman went on to warn that any abuses or acts of violence during the transition period would be thoroughly investigated.

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“And so, anybody who is thinking about abusing these three weeks, abusing power during these three weeks to create any problems, must know that there will be consequences for them after the takeover,” he cautioned.Mr. Asiedu Nketia urged Afenyo-Markin to focus on addressing issues within the NPP rather than lecturing the NDC on democracy.

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