Some executives of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP),\u00a0electoral area co-ordinators and polling station delegates of the\u00a0Manhyia North Constituency in the Ashanti Region, have issued a stern\u00a0warning to the national executives of the party to rescind their decision to\u00a0conduct a re- run of a disputed polling station election in the area.<\/p>\n
The angry executives over the weekend, wielded machetes and stones and chanted war songs to protest \u00a0the intended re-run.<\/p>\n
The constituency\u2019s Deputy Secretary, Patricia Arthur, claimed that the National Executive Committee (NEC) \u00a0of the party, took that decision because of their selfish interests.<\/p>\n
She promised they will deal with any party executive who attempts to conduct the\u00a0poll.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t want any hypocrisy. We are all one people and we want power. If the NEC is not aware we are making them aware that there is not going to be any re-run at Manhyia North. If they try it, they may have to come with coffins for us.”<\/p>\n
But\u00a0the Chairman of the Committee set up by the party to resolve the election dispute at Manhyia North, says he’s\u00a0disappointment at the actions of constituency executives.<\/p>\n
Speaking to Citi News<\/strong>, the Chairman of the Committee, Mr. Maxwell Kofi Jumah, a former MP, said the constituency executives are going against the party\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n He indicated that he had devised an approach to deal with issues being raised by the disgruntled aspirants.<\/p>\n \u201cI have taken an approach that will involve everybody. Instead of taking decisions outside, I am calling all of them to the podium and allow everybody to speak their minds\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n Why a re-run<\/strong><\/p>\n A supreme Court ruling last year asked the party\u2019s leadership to organize a fresh primary\u00a0in that constituency following allegations by some disgruntled aspirants that the process was fraught with irregularities.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Marian Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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