Former presidential aspirant of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Boakye Agyarko has stated that there many people in the NPP who have resigned in their hearts and are only waiting to walk away from the party at the ballot box.
His comments follows the resignation of Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen on Monday, September, 25, 2023.
Downhearted Presidential Hopeful of New Patriotic Party (NPP), Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen announced his resignation from the party with immediate effect and made it known his bid to contest as an independent candidate for the 2024 presidential election.
Announcing his exit, Alan complained about supposed divisiveness in the NPP and alleged hostile attacks on himself and his supporters for more than a decade now.
He also claimed the party has been “hijacked by a selected group of Party leaders and elders, and government appointees behind the curtain power brokers”.
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Reacting to this, the Former Energy Minister said just like Alan, there were many people in the NPP who harbour similar and maybe more petulant sentiments in their hearts but are not openly expressing the same.
He admitted that at least, Alan has put his thoughts and feelings on paper for all to appreciate.
“The unfortunate departure of Alan Kyerematen from our ranks must serve as a necessary and sufficient notice to us all and lead us to a time of deep introspection rather than a time for gloating or the display of triumphalist arrogance,” he said.
He continued,”The history of our tradition must teach us that the consequences of events such as has now befallen us since the heady days of 1951 to date have always been negative and have cast a deep and lingering shadow on our electoral fortunes.”
Mr Boakye Kyeremateng Agyarko again said,”There are many in our party today who have, out of dismay, resigned in their hearts and are only waiting to walk away from us at the ballot box.”
Moving forward, He stated ,”Now is the time to smoothen ruffled feathers and assuage wounded sentiments across the length and breath of our party. Now is the time to examine ourselves if indeed we are true and faithful to the tenets and values of the UP tradition or if we have metamorphosed into an ugly shadow of what we should be. These must become the urgent task ahead of us.”
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