The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has waded into the seeming confusion in the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), saying the party risks self-destruction if it does not end the infighting.
According to the NDC, the current national executives owe its members a duty to remain a viable opposition party.
Security men working at the NPP headquarters clashed with new security guards appointed by the new executives.
The clashes took place on Monday at the party’s National Headquarters at Asylum Down in Accra.
The leadership of the party has been undergoing power struggle battles with some alleging splits between the two leading presidential aspirants.
Addressing a press conference on Tuesday, the NDC General Secretary, Asiedu Nketia condemned the behaviour of some members of the party describing it as undemocratic.
Mr. Nketia said the party has turned on itself because it has no opposition to battle.
“When you practice against your opponents for a very long time, those things become your habit and when you don’t have opponents to practice, you practice it against your own people,” Mr. Nketia added.
Mr. Nketia recalled that similar things happened when a coup d’ etat was sponsored by the forefathers of the NPP led to the Convention People’s Party (CPP) being chased out of the system and banned from elections.
He advised the party to take actions that conform to the norms and labour rules of Ghana.“If they [NPP] want to sack any worker in Ghana it must be according to the norms and labour rules of Ghana.
While advising the party’s executives to restore order in their party, Mr. Nketia also charged the incoming secretaries and party chairmen “not to allow others to fall in the trap that they have fallen into or managed to dodge.”
By: Marian Efe Ansah/citifmonline.com/Ghana