The leadership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) says it disagrees with the assertion made by former NPP flagbearer hopeful, Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen that the party has been hijacked by a privileged few.
In a press conference Mr. Kyeremanten held on Monday, September 25, 2023, to reveal his political plans thereby announcing his resignation, he stated “I have devoted the best part of my professional career to serving the Party, and I still believe in the vision of the founding fathers of the Party.
However, the NPP as it exists now has very little resemblance to the Party that I joined in 1992 and helped to nurture. The Party has been hijacked by a selected group of Party leaders and elders, government appointees, ‘behind the curtain power brokers’ and some unscrupulous Party apparatchiks,” Mr Kyeremanten continued.
Meanwhile, in a televised media address by the NPP on Tuesday, September 26, 2023, to react to the issues influencing Alan’s decision to go independent, the General Secretary of the governing NPP, Justin Frimpong Kodua indicated that “the leadership of the party equally disagrees with the assertion made by Mr. Kyeremanten in page eight of his resignation address.”
According to Mr. Kodua, their total disagreement is guided by facts and data.
“Historically, the selection of flagbearers of for political parties in Ghana has 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 106590 in 2010. Currently, about 200,000 delegates will be voting to select the party’s next flagbearer relative to the estimated 1,998 who did same in 1992,” he said.
The General Secretary of the NPP further emphasized that Alan’s assertion is defined by the decentralized nature of the party’s internal electoral system.
He said, “Clearly, the quantum leap to 200, 000 delegates in 2023 underscores the decentralization of power to all party stakeholders and defeats the assertion that the party has been hijacked by a privileged few.”
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Source: Rosemond Asmah/ATLFMNEWS
