{"id":163420,"date":"2015-10-30T06:05:26","date_gmt":"2015-10-30T06:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=163420"},"modified":"2015-10-29T21:02:19","modified_gmt":"2015-10-29T21:02:19","slug":"ec-invited-afoko-to-voters-register-forum-spokesperson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/10\/ec-invited-afoko-to-voters-register-forum-spokesperson\/","title":{"rendered":"EC invited Afoko to voters’ register forum \u2013 Spokesperson"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nana Yaw Osei, Spokesperson for suspended National Chairman of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) Paul Afoko, \u00a0has told Citi News<\/strong>\u00a0his boss attended the forum on the voters\u2019 register because he was invited by the Electoral Commission.<\/p>\n

Afoko was spotted sitting with the NPP delegation<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>which included the General Secretary of the party, Kwabena Agyepong, John Boadu, Mac Manu among others.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”Fnzg8f6Y3ZKINZjbEHkbfSiGXocLSOZ0″]Addressing journalists on the sidelines of the forum, \u00a0Mr. Afoko insisted that he attended the forum in his capacity as the party\u2019s National Chairman.<\/p>\n

Speaking on\u00a0Eyewitness News, <\/strong>his spokesperson\u00a0explained that Mr. Afoko attended the forum after receiving an invitation letter from the EC.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Electoral Commission doesn\u2019t just get up and invite people. They write to political parties and invite them. The Electoral Commission wrote a letter inviting the National Chairman, the General Secretary and the technical team of the party on the review of the voters’ register and if the National Chairman has been invited we have only one National Chairman; and that is Mr. Paul Afoko. One General Secretary which is Kwabena Agyepong and the technical team which is made up of Mac Manu, Martin Adjei Mensah and Hon O. B Amoah”.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Electoral Commission wrote a letter inviting each person and nobody can usurp the functions of the National Chairman, Mr. Paul Afoko and so he went.”<\/p>\n

Asked when Mr. Afoko will use the party structures to overturn \u00a0his suspension Osei said \u201c at the appropriate time when it becomes necessary for us to take any step, we will. I will not give any timeline.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Afoko was indefinitely suspended a week ago after the party\u2019s National Council upheld a decision by the Disciplinary committee.<\/p>\n

His suspension has been met with mixed reactions.\u00a0While some have defended and commended the move, others \u00a0believe the decision was inappropriate and will not augur well for the party.<\/p>\n

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By: Marian Efe Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/
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