Ras Mubarak is the former Member of Parliament for Kumbungu Constituency
Former Member of Parliament for Kumbungu, Ras Mubarak, has launched a sharp critique of Ghana’s political establishment, accusing elected officials of pretending to be outraged by vote-buying while sustaining the very systems that enable it.
In a Facebook post, the former lawmaker challenged sitting MPs and party executives to admit their own roles in the “cash-for-votes” culture that has dominated recent primaries.
Mubarak did not hold back, questioning the moral authority of those currently condemning the distribution of cash and luxury items to delegates.
“How many of our elected MPs and party executives can honestly raise their hands and swear they’ve never induced a single delegate with money, gifts, or promises?” Mubarak asked.
“We all know the truth. The outrage only surfaces when the cameras are rolling and the spotlight is bright,” he added.
His statement follows the alleged vote-buying incident that characterized the Ayawaso East NDC primary.
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According to Mubarak, the solution to this systemic corruption is not complex but rather a matter of political will.
He pointed to the National Democratic Congress (NDC) 2015 primary system as a blueprint for clean elections.
In that cycle, the party expanded its electoral college, allowing every registered member in a constituency to vote for their candidate. Mubarak credits this “universal suffrage” model for his own political rise.
“But for the system that gave everyone a chance at being elected, I would never have won the primary in 2015 and become MP for Kumbungu in 2017,” he noted.
He argued that a larger voter pool makes it mathematically and financially impossible for a single candidate to “buy” an election.
However, instead of refining the system when administrative loopholes appeared, the party leadership chose to scrap it, a move Mubarak views as a regression into a more corruptible, smaller college.
The former MP expressed frustration that his previous warnings were ignored, revealing that his petitions regarding the 2019 primaries were dismissed.
