Leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and former Executive Director of the Danquah Institute, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko has ridiculed the National Democratic Congress’ move to solicit for ideas from the general public ahead of election 2020.

According to the NPP stalwart, NDC’s lack of message for the upcoming elections clearly shows how the party has nothing to offer Ghanaians and how unprepared they are.

In a bid to win 2020 elections, NDC in a press release signed by the Deputy General Secretary on Sunday, November 3, entreated Ghanaians and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to bring their ideas forth as it will be inputted in their manifesto for the 2020 election.

According to Peter Otokunor, the move is to develop a “People’s Manifesto” that speaks to the direct needs and concerns of the people, as such, the public should send their thoughts of not more than four pages to the party.

“The 2020 manifesto Committee of the National Democratic Congress in its bid to develop a ‘People’s Manifesto’ that speaks to the direct needs and concerns of the people, wishes to announce the request for Policy Memoranda from the general public, Civil Society Organisations, Trade Unions, Associations and other identifiable groups in the country,” the statement read.

“The objective to develop a ‘Grassroots Manifesto’ is driven by need to give meaning to our Social Democratic principles of inclusivity and mass participation in the pursuit of growth and development of our county”.

But reacting to this in a Facebook post, Gabby Otchere-Darko laughed at the NDC’s attempt to garner ideas from the public with a catchy phrase saying, “the alternative is empty”.

The NDC has in recent times been accused by the ruling government of lacking campaign messages and solid manifestos reflecting the realities of Ghanaians.

Previously, NPP stalwarts were of the view that the ‘alternative is scary’ warning Ghanaians to choose wisely as the NDC will take Ghana back to hardship.