Posted on: www.dailyguideghana.com
By William Yaw
Owusu
Friday,
December 04, 2015
There is suspension galore
currently going on in the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC).
Three parliamentary candidates
for the 2016 general election - two from the Greater Accra Region – have been
suspended by the party for indulging in what officials say are ‘misconduct and anti-party’
activities.
Incumbent NDC MP for La
Dadekotopon, Nii Amasah Namoale, who was re-elected to contest on the ticket of
the party, Samuel Nettey George aka Sam George, who defeated veteran E.T.
Mensah in Ningo-Prampram, as well as Gloria Huzey, who urged out Afrifa Yamoah
Ponkoh in Ejisu in the Ashanti Region, have all been suspended with immediate
effect.
Namoale’s Charge
A news release issued by the NDC
Greater Accra Regional Executives and signed by the secretary, Victor Quarshie
Adonoo, said Nii Amasah Namoale had termed some of the executives of the party as
‘fraudsters and pickpockets.”
“On November 21, 2015, you
contravened Article 40 (8c) when you granted interview to the media accusing
the Regional Executives of perpetrating fraud to the benefit of your contender
and calling some of the executives as ‘fraudsters and pickpockets’.
“The Regional Party and its
Executives find this act as an affront to democracy and attempt to drag the
party's image into disrepute. These anti-party conducts or activities have embarrassed
the party and brought the party into hatred, ridicule and contempt; hence, must
not go unpunished in order to protect the sanctity of Article 40 (8b) and 41 (3a)
of the party's constitution,” the statement averred.
“I have been directed by the
Regional Executive Committee to inform you of your suspension from the party
with effect from 1st December, 2015 pending hearing by the
Disciplinary Committee,” the suspension letter indicated.
Splashing Cash
DAILY GUIDE learnt that Nii Amasah Namoale alleged on Peace FM immediately after the primaries that if he knew some
elements in the NDC were going to splash cash on voters, he would not have
campaigned.
He claimed on the same network and
others that the NDC secretly registered more of its members and paid money to
those in the computer room to insert their names into the biometric voter
register when the registration was long over and added that when he decided to
complain, the executives told him not to say anything because it was going to tarnish
the image of the ruling party.
He alleged that while names were
being smuggled into the register, names of his immediate family members - his
wife and in-laws - had been expunged in order to ensure his defeat.
Sam George Lies
In the case of Sam George who is
currently cooling off in the United States where his wife was said to have
delivered recently, the Regional Secretary said in the suspension letter: “I
have been directed by the Regional Executive Committee to inform you of your
suspension from the party with effect from 1st December, 2015,
pending hearing by the Disciplinary Committee.
“On 21st November
2015, you contravened Article 41 (3a) and 40 (8b & c) when you instigated people
against the regional executive monitoring team and granted interview to the
media accusing the regional executives of perpetrating fraud to the benefit of your contender. The Disciplinary Committee
will contact you soon.”
Anti-Party Activity
Later the Greater Accra Regional
NDC communications officer, Jerry Johnson, told Joy FM that “Sam George granted
an interview and accused the Regional Executives and almost everybody except
himself, and went to the extent of saying that his name was not on the register,
when it was not true. He has engaged in anti-party activity by accusing us
wrongly.”
Physical Attack
“Because of his protest, they
came to the Regional Office and physically attacked the Regional Executives they
found in the premises. We kept quiet
over it because politics is a game of numbers and everybody is needed on
board,” the letter pointed out.
Johnson added that “From there
we did some consultations with the National Executives and we had to postpone
the election until the following day.
“The following day, the regional
team led by the Regional Chairman, Ade Coker, and the Deputy Regional Minister,
Isaac Nii Djanmah Vanderpuiye, Regional Organiser and a whole lot of people
went to the ground. I wish you were there to see what occurred. There was
physical attack. They went to the extent of damaging the vehicle of the
Regional Organiser.
“It is unfortunate we have to
talk about some of these things in the media but we have to resolve it and find
our way out. Apart from that, you have won the election and I thought somebody
should shut up somewhere for us to unite and move on but you grant interviews
maligning everybody. Even in the animal kingdom, there are rules and
regulations.”
National Executives
In the ensuing confusion, Koku
Anyidoho, Deputy General Secretary in-charge of Operations, issued a release from
the NDC headquarters confirming the decisions taken by the Regional Executives
and said the cases involving Nii Amasah Namoale and Sam George were under
review.
“The Functional Executive
Committee (FEC) of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is by this release
putting it out that the issues relating to Nii Amasah Namoale and Sam George,
as presented by the Greater Accra Regional Office of the party, are under
review per the rules of practice.”
The release however said that “The
National Executive Committee of the NDC has upheld the decision of the Ashanti
Regional Executives to suspend Gloria Huzey, parliamentary candidate for Ejisu,
for her unacceptable comments in relation to the re-appointment of a District
Chief Executive. The matter has been referred to the National Disciplinary
Committee for expeditious adjudication.”
Gloria was said to have strongly
protested the re-nomination of the former MCE for Ejisu/Juaben, Yamoah Ponkoh, accusing
the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development of underhand dealings.
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