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NPP: No constituency coups
Accra, April 3, GNA – The Greater Regional Secretariat of
the New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Tuesday cautioned its
Members of Parliament against “Constituency coups d'états”.
“Some MPs have developed the penchant for clandestinely
organising semblance of constituency conferences to pass a
vote of no confidence in the administration of the legally
elected constituency executives and impose their confidants
as newly elected executives,” Mr Sammy Crabbe, NPP Greater
Accra Regional Chairman, told the Ghana News Agency in
Accra.
“This is unacceptable” he said, and warned MPs against such
actions.
Mr Crabbe said the recent election of new officers for
Ablekuma South, Tema East and Okaikoi South constituencies
had been declared null and void as they were held in
"flagrant disregard" for the party’s constitution.
Mr Crabbe was speaking to the GNA after going through a
hectic time to bail six constituency executives of Ablekuma
South who had been arrested for allegedly damaging party
property.
The six who were detained for over five hours on Monday
evening at the Korle Bu Police Station were Mr William Kofi
Akakpo, 38, Mr William Amaah, 54, Mr Edward Attoh, 46, Nana
K. Yeboah, 63, Mr Charles Attram Attoh, 42, and Alhaji Abu
Siedu, 68.
Mr Crabbe said it was only the Regional Secretariat, which
had the constitutional right to conduct elections at the
constituency level.
“For the three constituencies to have elected new officers
without the knowledge and approval of the Secretariat
amounted to a violation of the party's constitution".
Mr Crabbe made it clear that the old executives were still
recognised as the "legitimate officers and would remain as
such and be in control of affairs of the party until proper
elections are held".
He warned that the Secretariat would not condone acts that
would subvert the NPP constitution.
Mr Crabbe advised NPP MPs not to allow personality and
intra-party feuding, bickering and back-biting to tear the
party apart.
"You should also eschew politics of bitterness,
vindictiveness and acrimony to enable you to peacefully
co-exist with your political opponents to safeguard the
peace and stability of our great party.”
Mr Crabbe asked members of the party to accept the challenge
of ensuring that all structures of the Party functioned
properly “if the desire of the party to increase the number
of its parliamentary seats in the region is not to become an
illusion”.
The fulfillment of this desire, he said, demanded a lot of
sacrifice, hard work and dedication and not infighting.
Mr Alexander Quartey, Deputy Regional Secretary, also called
on members of the party, parliamentarians and executives at
feuding constituencies to exercise restraint and seek
redress through the appropriate party structure and move
from entrenched positions.
He urged members to work as a team in the larger interest of
the party as the party prepared for “the crucial
Presidential Conference to elect our flagbearer and
parliamentary primaries towards Elections 2008.”
Mr Quartey asked supporters to remain firm and to help win
more members for the party.
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