[ 2015-05-28 ]

NPP MP Backs Afoko; Tells Minority To Stop Issuing Statements
The Member of Parliament for Kade in the Eastern
Region, Ofosu Asamoah has criticized the minority
over its call for the National Chairman, Paul
Afoko and General Secretary, Kwabena Agyepong to
step aside.

The Minority issued a statement calling for the
two to step aside citing several reasons,
including the death of the Upper East Chairman of
the NPP, Adam Mahama.

According to Mr. Asamoah, the Minority caucus in
Parliament should not have issued the statement
calling for their exit but rather sought to advise
the two to step aside to calm tensions within the
party.

“What does our constitution say in terms of
removal? Even if we want to persuade them that due
to what is happening, they should step aside, we
in the Parliamentary caucus could have a meeting
with them, either the leadership or the whole
caucus. You are supposed to advise. You don’t
issue statements.” Ofosu Asamoah told Citi News
in an interview.

He advised the members of the party to pursue the
matter in accordance with the party’s
constitution or risk harming the party’s chances
in the elections.

“We are talking about rule of law, or do we only
practice it when we come to power and not when we
are preparing for power? Is that what we are
saying.? At the end of the day, the party will
lose and that is our problem,” he said.

Help the police or keep quiet

Ofosu Asamoah also chastised members of the party
who have made various allegations concerning the
death of Adam Mahama in the media.

He argued that there was no basis for the
accusations being hurled at Paul Afoko and Kwabena
Agyepong given that the Police had not concluded
their investigations into the death of the NPP
Chairman.

“I think the immediate cause, although there may
be some other remote causes, of the calls for the
removal of Paul Afoko and Kwabena Agyepong is the
death of the Upper East regional Chairman and the
police are investigating. Unfortunately I am not
aware of party members who are speaking on the
radio and TV, saying all sorts of things,
volunteering information to the Police. Yet party
members seem to know or identify those who killed
him and those who are behind. That is causing all
these troubles,” he said.

“[People are] trying to link the Chairman and
the General Secretary just because they happened
to have been chased out of the region a few days
before the murder. The police have not invited
them, the party has not set up any investigative
committee to look into it and yet there calls for
them to step aside.” Ofosu Asamoah added.

Why do NPP want Afoko, Agyepong out?

Paul Afoko and Kwabena Agyepong’s term in office
has been fraught with several controversies,
culminating in the death of the Chairman,

There have been suggestions from within the NPP
that the party’s troubles started when the two
where elected into office and their continued stay
would only make things worse.

There have also been reports of of a strained
relationship between the pair and the Presidential
Candidate of the party, Nana Akufo Addo.

I am going nowhere

Several media organisations on Tuesday reported
that Kwabena Agyepong had resigned from his
position as General Secretary after a letter
signed in his name and bearing the letterhead of
the NPP was circulated to the media.

However, Mr Agyepong, rejected the claims and
insisted that he intended to see out his mandate
in office describing the false announcement of his
resignation as desperate.

‘Step aside’ for the good of the NPP

Citi News sources within the NPP indicate that the
Council of Elders of the party had written to
Afoko and Agyepong to step aside to ensure that
peace prevails.

However, the Council declined to comment on
whether such a letter had been issued.

Source - Citifmonline

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