[ 2015-05-31 ]

Neutralize Afoko, Agyepong's perceived mischief – Baako tells NPP
Veteran journalist Kweku Baako Jnr says any plan
to oust NPP’s embattled national chairman, Paul
Afoko and General Secretary Kwabena Agyepong
won’t solve the internal party wrangling if they
party wants to win power in 2016.

Instead of removing them, the party should rather
work to neutralize any possible threat posed by
the two in jeopardizing the party’s chances of
winning the 2016 general elections, the managing
editor of the New Crusading Guide newspaper has
advised.

He called this strategy, a policy of
“containment” and “progressive
neutralization”.

Paul Afoko and Kwabena Agyepong have been under
unprecedented pressure to step aside or resign as
internal party turmoil grabs national attention.

Some perceive that the troubled two do not have
the best interest of the party at heart. Even more
damaging, is the perception that they are leading
efforts to frustrate their own party's flagbearer
from winning 2016 presidential elections.

The flagbearer Nana Akufo-Addo organised a press
conference Friday and demanded a ceasefire from
all sides in the conflict. He also directed that
the embattled duo should be allowed to enter the
party headquarters to carry on with their official
duties.

Discussing the party in crisis, Kweku Baako
pointed out that with elections about 18 months
away “it is in enlightened self-interest of the
party that it does not create distractions.”

He also condemned an underground movement to
collect signatures of party members as part of a
strategy to use party’s "rigorous"
constitutional process to remove Paul Afoko and
Kwabena Agyepong.

Kweku Baako believes that if the embattled two
decide to fight back, the clashes will be
“dirty” and “crude”.

To avert the possibility of dampening the morale
of the party’s 2016 campaign machine, Kweku
Baako advised “the party should not be
proceeding towards the exclusion of the two
gentlemen”.

“I advocate a policy of containment and
progressive neutralization of whatever mischief
they perceive,” he stressed.

Nonetheless, Kweku Baako says it is difficult for
him to imagine Afoko and Agyepong desiring
opposition when power is there for the taking.

The veteran journalist called on anti-Afoko and
anti-Agyepong plots to be abandoned in the
spirit of the flagbearer’s call for peace.

He also called on the party to “name and
shame” elements who breach the flagbearer’s
call for ceasefire.

In worse breaches, Baako called for dissenting
members to be suspended or expelled.

Source - MyjoyOnline

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