[ 2016-01-31 ]

Sam George, on suspension from NDC

Investigate Ningo Prampram Primary Or Else …
Some branch executives of the National Democratic
Congress (NDC) in the Ningo Prampram Constituency
in the Greater Accra Region, have threatened to go
to court if the party’s National Executive
Committee (NEC) fails to investigate and address a
petition brought before it.

Spokesperson for the coalition of branch
executives in the constituency, Okoe Mensah at a
press conference said they had petitioned the
party to complain about incidents that occurred
before, during and after the primary that saw Sam
George elected as the parliamentary candidate for
the area on November 22, 2015.

Mr. Mensah noted that although the Regional
Executives have suspended Mr. Sam George for
alleged misconduct, the NEC is yet to uphold the
decision.

This he said is creating problems within the
constituency since Mr. Sam George is issuing
threats against all executives in the
constituency.

“We are appealing to the National Executive
Committee of our great Party to have the elections
held at Ningo Prampram Constituency investigated
thoroughly, and if the allegations against Samuel
Nartey George are proven, annul the results of the
elections and punish him severely for perpetuating
such electoral fraud in his bid to short-change
the will of the people of Ningo Prampram
Constituency and bring the NDC Party into
disrepute.”

Mr Mensah said after the November 22 election,
several electoral malfeasance have been recorded
and a compilation of the findings have been made
available to both the regional and the national
executives for redress; but is yet to hear from
the national leadership.

He noted that if the party fails to act on the
petition brought before it,not only will they go
to court but the party is likely to lose both the
presidential and parliamentary votes in the
constituency.

“We are surprised at the total silence on the
part of the National Executives Committee of the
NDC in connection with the petitions referred to
them. We wish to use this occasion to reiterate
the concerns we have been making all this
while,and to call for immediate action from the
Party’s NEC or else the blame themselves for
anything untoward which has the potential of
making the NDC very unpopular in the coming
November 7 elections,” he added.

Some branch executives who were present at the
press conference also appealed to the party to as
a matter of urgency address their concerns raised
in the petition to avoid any problems in the
constituency in the near future.

Mr Mensah in the company of some other branch
executives presented their petition to the
Constituency Chairman, Jacob Lartey Ayin.

On his part, he called for calm among the members
and promised to forward their grievances to the
national executives for redress.

Source - Citifmonline

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