Yaw Buaben Asamoa, one of the members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) who was dismissed for endorsing Alan Kyeremanteng, has reacted to the statement from the party.
The leadership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) kicked out four of its members for endorsing the candidature of a person other than the duly elected Presidential Candidate of the Party, His Excellency Dr. Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia.
The four are Hopeson Adorye, Yaw Buaben Asamoa, Nana Ohene Ntow and Boniface Abubakar Saddique.
A statement signed by the General Secretary for the NPP, Justine Kodua Frimpong, said in spite of their flagrant breach of the Party’s Constitution particularly Articles 3(5)(A)(4) and 3(9)(1), the afore- named men still hold themselves out as members of the NPP.
“In line with these constitutional provisions, it is the view of the NPP that Hopeson Adorye, Nana Ohene Ntow, Boniface Abubakar Saddique and Yaw Buaben Asamoa have AUTOMATICALLY FORFEITED their membership of the Party. They are, therefore, no longer members of the Party,” the statement added.
Reacting to the statement in an interview with host of Atinka FM’s AM Drive, Nana Yaw Fianko, Yaw Buaben Asamoa, said the statement from the NPP was just to scare others from joining the new team.
He claims the NPP is frightened of the mammoth crowd Alan Kyeremanten pulled during his last event.
“Considering that the right of a political party to sponsor candidates does not exclude the right of independent candidates nor their supporters to participate in general elections, it may not be prudent to continue to reduce ones’ membership with archaic rules,” he stated.
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