The host of Good Evening Ghana, Paul Adom Otchere has attributed the seeming internal wrangling and tensions within\u00a0the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to factionalism in the party.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is unfortunate and no one could imagine the kind of outcomes that we are seeing but it also appears to be the age old factions that have operated within the tradition for a very long time, crossing almost half a century…,\u201d said Adom Otchere.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”T9x4OIu9Mnm45PSFG4YlteZVDwWQxKGa”]He was commenting on reactions within the NPP after the\u00a0death of the party\u2019s Upper East Regional Chairman, Adam Mahama who died on Thursday\u00a0after suffering an acid attack.<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Adom Otchere who has been covering events relating to the NPP since its first congress was convinced inherent \u00a0divisions within the party, which he believes are based on \u201cpersonality\u201d more than on \u201cphilosophy and ideology\u201d might have influenced some of the reactions of party members after the \u00a0death of Mahama.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have those kind of factions and ideological and philosophical divisions but the NPP is one of those parties whose factions and divisions are based on personality really more than ideology or philosophy and that has played out in the party\u2019s politics for a very long time.<\/p>\n \u201cIt has played out\u00a0 in a way in which one group is thought to be those who\u00a0 are coastal areas and eastern areas and a bit of the Northerners who form the intellectual belt of the party. They form those who develop the party, the rules of engagement and then we have the big Ashanti group who will be those who finance the party,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n Paul Adom Otchere is not the only person who attributed the recent incident to seeming factions within the party.<\/p>\n The Member of Parliament for Abuakwa South did same, asking the leadership<\/strong><\/span> <\/a>of the NPP to quell tensions within.<\/p>\n \u201cI do not understand why a general secretary or a chairman of the party should have a tiff with another serious member of the party. Is it a personal undertaking or we are looking at the bigger picture,\u201d \u00a0Atta Akyea stated.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Marian Efe Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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