Private legal practitioner and activist, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, has criticised the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), questioning the party's commitment to its ideological principles.

In an X post on August 16, 2025, Barker-Vormawor pointed out what he described as the ideological shortcomings of the party.

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He noted that the NDC had failed to uphold its principles.

“The NDC today is a pale shadow of its ideological rhetoric. Because left politics means ORAL! Left politics means a dismantling of the corrupt infrastructure of the corrupt elite,” Barker-Vormawor argued.

He stressed the need for the party to act decisively against corruption.

“Left politics means that the NDC must be prepared to impose the death penalty on those who rob the people dry,” he stated.

Barker-Vormawor warned that if the NDC does not realign with its professed ideology, activists like himself have a duty to “replace it with a party committed with Catholic fervour to the struggles of the working-class people.”

Read the full post below:

1. I am bound by history and ideology to the left of Ghanaian Politics.

2. I am committed to the vision of the left. The duty of empathy and commitment to the liberation of the masses.

3. It is that duty that led me to the CPP, as the only party with proven leftist… pic.twitter.com/9wWbI0H6O1

— Osagyefo Oliver Barker-Vormawor (@barkervogues) August 16, 2025