The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has reacted to some assertions made by former Trade Minister, Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen.
The unsuccessful NPP presidential aspirant, Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, on Monday, September 25, 2023 announced that he had resigned from the party.
The former Minister of Trade, who also announced his bid to contest the 2024 polls as an independent candidate, complained about supposed divisiveness in the NPP and alleged hostile attacks on himself and his supporters for more than a decade now.
Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen while claimed that the party has been “hijacked by a selected group of Party leaders and elders, and government appointees behind the curtain power brokers”.
Reacting to the claim, today Tuesday, September 26, during a press conference at the Party’s Headquarters in Adabraka, the General Secretary of NPP, Justin Koduah, refuted the claims assertion.
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He mentioned that the party disagrees with assertions that the Party has been hijacked by a selected group of Party leaders and elders, and government appointees behind the curtain power brokers.
Justin Koduah also added that Mr. Kyerematen’s claims of intimidation against his supporters is also false adding that government appointees including cabinet ministers who openly declared support for him are still at post.
“Guided by facts and data, the leadership of the Party disagrees entirely with this assertion. Historically, the selection of flagbearers for political parties in Ghana had 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 One Hundred and Six Thousand, Five-Hundred and Ninety (106,590) delegates in 2010.”
“Currently, about Two Hundred Thousand (200,000) delegates would be voting to select the Party’s next flagbearer relative to the estimated One Thousand Nine Hundred and Ninety-Eight delegates (1,998) who did same in 1992. Clearly, the quantum leap to Two Hundred Thousand (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”.
“In reference to Mr Kyerematen’s concerns, which include allegations of intimidation against his supporters, it is noteworthy that certain government appointees, including cabinet ministers, who openly declared their support for him are still at post and have never been intimidated,” Justin Koduah told press men.
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