[ 2015-07-29 ]

Addison Fights Back
An NPP aspirant for Korley Klottey, Osu, Lawyer
Philip Addison, says he did not create the
perception that the party’s national chairman
and general secretary are working against the
presidential bid of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

According to him, he was only pointing out the
fact that it was time for the two national
officers—Paul Afoko and Kwabena Agyei
Agyepong—to take steps to assure the rank and
file of the party that they stood for the NPP’s
victory in the 2016 general election.

Mr Addison was quoted by Joy FM on Monday as
saying that “There is a perception out there
that they are working against the presidential
candidate and it is a very strong perception. The
burden is on them to discharge that perception.
The ball is in their court to prove otherwise.”

He went further to disagree with those calling on
the leadership of the party to sideline Messrs
Afoko and Agyepong in the 2016 campaign and said
the party needed a united front for the battle
ahead.

His comment appeared to have generated heated
debate in the party, with those sympathetic to the
two national officers accusing the lead counsel
for the petitioners in the landmark presidential
election petition of joining those who are bent on
sidelining Messrs Afoko and Agyepong.

Mr Addison, however, told DAILY GUIDE yesterday
that his statement was innocuous and could not be
interpreted as undermining the authority of the
national officers.

“I would have wished those criticising me could
get the full tape so that they can make their own
conclusions,” he said.

“It was an interview I had with the reporter and
he said that the perception in our party is that
Afoko (Paul) and Kwabena (Agyepong) are working
against Nana Akufo-Addo and I said yes that
perception is there. That was all I said and
people are trying to attack me for this,” he
added.

He stated: “I believe that this is not the first
time somebody has made such a statement. The
perception has always been there. I did not create
that perception like they are now trying to do. It
has always been there. I did not go overboard. I
just said it like it is. I have said nothing that
is new.”

Source - Daily Guide

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