The leadership of the New Patriotic Party, following broader consultations and engagements with stakeholders, has resolved and hereby directs all members of the Majority Caucus in Parliament to abstain from a scheduled vote of censure being sought by the Minority Caucus against Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta, Minister for Finance.
By this directive, the leadership of the Majority Caucus especially the Whips are to ensure that no Member of the Majority Caucus partakes in this exercise by the Minority Group in Parliament
While the National Executive body acknowledges the prevailing socio-economic conditions in the country and the need for urgent remedial interventions, it is our utmost position that the demand of the NDC-led Minority Caucus is ill-intended and aimed at derailing government’s efforts at resolving current socio-economic upheavals.
The leadership acknowledges that the Minister for Finance is the leader of government’s negotiation team with the International Monetary Fund. Considering that negotiation with the IMF is nearly completed, the National Executive body of the Party strongly believes that the removal of the lead person spearheading the negotiation may adversely impact the progress made thus far.
It is worth noting that when similar calls were made for the head of Mr. Seth Tepker, the then Minister for Finance during the socio-economic turbulence under the erstwhile Mahama administration in 2015, the NDC-led Majority Caucus objected to those calls and rose to the defence of Mr. Tekper, a clear indication that the NDC lacks credibility on this matter.
Accordingly, neither the NPP nor its Members of Parliament will lend support to this mischievous move by the NDC legislators as it is one of their many ill-motivated and self-serving but unpatriotic moves to sabotage the NPP government and frustrate the administration of the country.
The leadership of the NPP wishes to assure our Members of Parliament and the Ghanaian populace that there are ongoing internal engagements aimed at addressing legitimate concerns expressed by various stakeholders regarding the management of the economy, including calls for the resignation or dismissal of the Minister for Finance.
SIGNED
JUSTIN KODUA FRIMPONG
(GENERAL SECRETARY)
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The NDC, currently the biggest opposition party in Ghana, has quite a wrong perception about the practice of multi-party democracy. Theirs is the vilification of the ruling party as the surest way to gain political power. In recent times, the malicious propaganda and character defamation of the hardworking members of the ruling party have unfortunately become the staple of opposition politics. However, the louder and more diabolic the vilification becomes, the more indication there is that the ruling party seems to be doing well in terms of providing physical infrastructure. The dynamics have changed positively because Ghanaians have become more politically mature and look up to the party that has the competence, good will, credibility, and right policies to improve their livelihood. That is why I strongly believe the 2024 elections are going to serve as an alarming signal for the NDC to change its modus operandi of diabolical politics. In contemporary multiparty democracy, the stress is on the competition for better alternative policies to turn things around and improve the livelihood of the electorate.
@dan it has always been party interest over national therm only time there is national interest is when a party is in opposition. The painful thing is Ghanaians still listens to both the NPP and NDC
Interesting, party interest vrs national interest, which is supreme?