Embattled Chairman of the NPP, Paul Afoko has issued a statement indicating that he’s still in charge of the NPP as it’s Chairman.
The troubles in the New Patriotic Party keeps increasing by the day.
Yesterday, October 23, 2015, the National Executives Committee of the party met at the party’s headquarters and unanimously suspended the Chairman of the party upon a recommendation by the Disciplinary committee.
The meeting which was convened by the First Deputy Chairman, Freddy Blay, had earlier been called illegal in a statement issued by the Chairman, Paul Afoko. Three individuals in the party also secured an injunction to stop the said NEC meeting but couldn’t serve any member of the committee.
The meeting however too place and the committee decided to suspend the Chairman indefinitely. The communications directorate of the NPP also issued a statement signed by the Communications director, Nana Akomea indicating the decision. This therefore makes it official.
In a statement signed by Nana Yaw Osei, spokesperson for Paul Afoko, the public should disregard any suspension notice issued by the committe on Paul Afoko. According to the statement, the NEC meeting was improperly called and therefore it’s decision cannot be binding on the chairman of the same committee who constitutionally is supposed to call for such a meeting.
Below is an extract from the statement.
“We want to state in unequivocal terms that the improperly constituted National Disciplinary Committee cannot recommend any indefinite suspension of Mr Afoko to the National Executive Committee whose chairman did not call the meeting that purportedly endorsed the so-called decision of the national disciplinary committee.
We insist that an improperly called meeting of the NEC cannot legally deliberate on any matter for it to have proper effect of binding on Mr Afoko as the national chair.
The general public is entreated to treat the statement from Nana Akomea with the contempt is deserves and disregard same,” the stated noted.