An outspoken member of the Movement for Change, Solomon Owusu, has hit back at the New Patriotic Party (NPP), insisting that members who broke away to join the Movement will not return despite the amnesty offered by the party.

According to him, if they were “stomach politicians” chasing personal benefits, they would have stayed with the NPP when it was in power instead of breaking away.

“If we believed in largess of power, we would never have left the NPP at the time it was in power. I left the party on September 25, 2023, when the party was in power,” he posited.

Speaking to Radio Gold about the amnesty granted by the NPP, he said, the NPP’s primary interest in granting a conditional amnesty is to lure members of the Movement back so that they (Movement members) will be used for all the baboon works.

His decision is premised on a statement released by the acting national chairman of the NPP, Danquah Smith Buttey, on Saturday, August 16, 2025, which granted amnesty with a condition to all suspended members of the party.

Affirming the stance of the Movement, he said, “We want to change the dynamics of our body politic that when we say yes, it’s yes and when we say no, it’s no,” indicating their preparedness not to return to the NPP.

Solomon Owusu’s criticism suggests that the NPP is trying to exploit the situation to its advantage rather than genuinely reconciling with Alan’s supporters.

He insisted that members of the Movement are committed to changing the political discourse by maintaining its focus and determination to transition the Movement into a prosperous political party that will contest the next general elections.

The context of this statement is rooted in Alan Kyerematen’s resignation from the NPP in September 2023, where he cited disagreements with the party’s leadership and questioned the party’s democratic principles.

Stalwarts of the NPP, including former communications director, Yaw Buabeng Asamoah, Hopeson Adorye, Abubakar Boniface Siddique
among others who felt aggrieved, left the NPP to join Alan’s Movement for Change.