NPP Germany Branch: We Support Paul Afoko�s Suspension
The affirmation of the National Council (NC) of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) to uphold the suspension of the embattled National Chairman Paul Afoko by the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) has gladly been welcomed by the party’s branch in Germany.
A unanimous vote by the party's National Executive Committee on October 23 indefinitely suspended Mr. Afoko and made his first Vice Chair, Freddie Blay the acting chairman; a decision that been challenged by Mr Afoko and some party members.
After back and forth, Mr Afoko on Monday appealed the decision of the NEC at the National Council level stating constitutional breaches as the basis of the 14-paged petition, which prompted the highest decision-making body of the party after congress, to meet over the matter Thursday afternoon.
After long deliberations, the Council concluded the decision of the NEC should remain until further notice.
"The decision was by voting; one dissenting, six absentia, and 70 votes in favor of the motion to affirm the decision," General Secretary Kwabena Agyei Agyepong announced at the end of the marathon meeting attended by former President John Kufuor and flagbearer Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
According to the NPP Germany branch, as a member of the Diaspora branches, they uphold the party’s constitution and submit unequivocally to its provisions and particularly to Article 3 (D) iv which imposes a duty on all members of the party to abide by and publicly uphold the decision of the party.
The statement copied to Peacefmonline.com has averred that the Germany branch of the NPP firmly stands by the decision of the NEC and the National Council as communicated to the party and the rest of the world by the party’s Communications Director, Nana Akomea on Friday, October 23, 2015 and the General Secretary, Mr. Kwabena Agyepong on November 11, 2015.
Below Is The Full Statement of NPP Germany Branch:
NPP GERMANY SUPPORTS THE SUSPENSION OF MR. PAUL AFOKO AS NATIONAL CHAIRMAN
The Germany Branch of the New Patriotic Party has taken notice of the decision by the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party to suspend Mr. Paul Afoko from his position as National Chairman of the party which was upheld by the National Council (NC) when he appealed, and hereby wishes to state that, as a member of Diaspora Branches, we very much uphold the party’s constitution and submit unequivocally to its provisions and particularly to Article 3 (D) IV which imposes a duty on all members of the party to abide by and publicly uphold the decision of the party.
Accordingly, the NPP Germany Branch of the party firmly stands by the decision of the NEC and the National Council as communicated to the party and the rest of the world by the party’s Communications Director, Nana Akomea, on Friday, October 23, 2015 and General Secretary Mr. Kwabena Agyei Agyepong on November 11, 2015.
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