General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Justin Frimpong Kodua, has refuted all allegations leveled against the party Mr. Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, a former leading member of the party during his press conference Monday to officially announce his resignation.
Mr Kyerematen had alleged that the recently held Super Delegates Conference of the NPP was strategically and tactically skewed in favour of one particular aspirant, and that the party failed to fulfill all the promises made to him. He also revealed that his followers were treated with disdain and considered outcasts in the NPP.
At a press conference on Tuesday to officially react to Alan’s resignation and to correct certain statements made in his press conference, Justine Kodua called the mode in which Alan used to resign as a disappointment. He said Alan’s decision to resign was premeditated.
“It needs emphasizing that, when the National Chairman visited him on behalf of the Party after the August 26 Special Electoral College, in an attempt to bring all the ten aspirants together, he did not portray any sign of resigning from the party, let alone going independent”.
He said central to the reasons given by Mr. Kyerematen for his resignation as captured in pages seven (7) and eight (8) of his resignation address are the allegations of so called unconstitutional and unmeritorious decisions of the National Council regarding a petition by some presidential aspirants which demanded that the Super Delegates Conference should be held at a single venue as well as allowing each delegate to nominate five persons instead of one.
Mr Frimpong Kodua said claims that the NPP has been hijacked by a selected few are untrue.
“The leadership of the Party equally disagrees with assertions made by Mr. Kyerematen in page eight (8) of his resignation address that “the Party has been hijacked by a selected group of Party leaders and elders, and government appointees behind the curtain power brokers”.
“Guided by facts and data, the leadership of the Party disagrees entirely with this assertion. Historically, the selection of flagbearers for political parties in Ghana had been the preserve of a privileged few until the New Patriotic Party took the bold decision to decentralize the process by expanding its electoral college to enfranchise some One Hundred and Six Thousand, Five-Hundred and Ninety (106,590) delegates in 2010”.
He said they respect the decision made by Mr. Kyerematen and called on all party faithfuls to remain calm and committed by channeling their energy into 2024’s victory.
By Mercy Aboagye || ghananewsonline.com.gh