{"id":161959,"date":"2015-10-23T18:58:45","date_gmt":"2015-10-23T18:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=161959"},"modified":"2015-10-23T19:06:42","modified_gmt":"2015-10-23T19:06:42","slug":"afokos-suspension-is-coup-detat-tarzan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/10\/afokos-suspension-is-coup-detat-tarzan\/","title":{"rendered":"Afoko\u2019s suspension is &#8216;coup d&#8217;\u00e9tat&#8217; \u2013 Tarzan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A founding member of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Charles Wereko-Brobby has described the suspension of the party\u2019s National Chairman, Paul Afoko as a \u201ccoup d\u2019\u00e9tat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;qrKpagYlTKRzLoEWT8mlTNLP65wwXqZB&#8221;]He questioned the timing of the suspension and argued that because the party\u2019s flagbearer, Nana Akufo-Addo is abroad, \u201cI would have thought that such a momentous decision should have been taken in his presence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI\u2019ve described the whole action to tantamount to a coup d\u2019\u00e9tat,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The NPP\u2019s National Executive Committee (NEC) on Friday unanimously voted to <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/10\/23\/paul-afoko-suspended-indefinitely\/\" target=\"_blank\">suspend Paul Afoko indefinitely<\/a><\/strong><\/span> following a decision by the party&#8217;s\u00a0Disciplinary Committee which decided that Mr Afoko be suspended.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Disciplinary Committee took the decision first, after the National Council of Elders in September, wrote to it, demanding amongst others, that the National Chairman Paul Afoko, be made to step aside until after the 2016 elections.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But speaking on <strong>Eyewitness News<\/strong>, the suspended NPP stalwart, Dr. Wereko-Brobby said the development will affect the fortunes of the party.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThere must be a credible opposition which will give Ghanaians the chance, if they think president Mahama has failed, to vote the opposition into power. 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