The New Patriotic Party has rejected claims
that the party is considering a reversal of the suspension handed to three of
its executives. Reports surfaced last week that the party was
considering a revocation of the suspension of Paul Afoko, Kwabena Agyei Agyapong
and Sammy Crabbe who were suspended in 2015 for working against the interest of
the party.
A Former NPP General Secretary, Ohene Ntow had told a section
of the media that the President-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has served
notice to the party’s National Executive Committee to have the internal issues
resolved.
But a member of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the
party, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, told Onua FM Monday no such decision has
come up for consideration at the NEC’s.
Speaking on Ghana
Dadwene on the issue, Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu who is the Minority Leader in
Parliament, said “what I know is that, Nana Addo has been preaching unity in the
party ever since he was elected as the President and at the last NEC meeting, he
said we need unity in the party but to say we have agreed to reinstate them,
that did not happen. “Their names were not even mentioned.
Nana talked
in general terms of unity and was not specific as being speculated,” he added.
Mr Paul Afoko who was the national chairman of the party, was suspended
indefinitely in a unanimous vote by the Party’s National Executive Committee on
October 23, 2015 at the back of a demand made by the National Council of Elders
of the party in September.
General Secretary of the party, Mr Agyei
Agyapong, and the second Vice Chairman, Mr Crabbe were also suspended
indefinitely in December 2015 for undermining the party’s authority.
The
two, who were not in favour of the decision to suspend Mr Afoko, were very
critical of the party for that decision which somewhat led credence to claims of
divisions within the party. Both Mr Afoko and Mr Crabbe have since sought
redress at the Court but were shot down.
They wanted the High Court to
order for their reinstatement on grounds of the decision being illegal but the
court dismissed their applications.
Asked whether it would be prudent to
reinstate the three suspended executives now that the party has won power, Mr
Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu said “we want more people for the party and I believe it will
be good if we bring them back.
“If they have not shown remorse, we
should not consider bringing them but if they show remorse and accept their
faults we should forgive them and bring them back”.
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