{"id":215516,"date":"2016-05-19T13:08:39","date_gmt":"2016-05-19T13:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=215516"},"modified":"2016-05-19T13:08:39","modified_gmt":"2016-05-19T13:08:39","slug":"ndc-boycotts-iea-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/05\/ndc-boycotts-iea-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"NDC boycotts IEA meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has boycotted a meeting organised by the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) today [Thursday],\u00a0 to discuss the plan for this year\u2019s presidential debate.<\/p>\n
Information available to Citi News<\/strong> suggests that the party is offended by comments made against its National Organizer, Kofi Adams by the IEA Executive Director, Jean Mensah.<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”Ry0ocvW1jIHYGiEvYLguOrLoXHmylrZi”]A Deputy General Secretary of the NDC, Koku Anyidoho on Wednesday stated emphatically that President John Mahama will not take part in the debate.<\/p>\n He said \u201cIEA cannot disrespect the National Organiser of the party, it cannot disrespect the structures of the party. Let them continue to disrespect themselves and deal with individuals but the NDC is a very disciplined structure and nobody can disrespect us\u2026We will not participate in the IEA debate.\u201d<\/p>\n But his colleague Deputy General Secretary, George Lawson has since contradicted him on the issue saying the party is yet to take a decision on the matter.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has sent representatives to the meeting. The NPP had earlier expressed reservations about the debate.<\/p>\n