The status of the opposition New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) parliamentary nominee for the Krachi West Constituency in the Volta Region, Kenneth Gyemah, is being disputed following reports that he has been relieved of his nominee status.<\/p>\n
Mr. Gyemah was informed via a supposed letter from NPP regional executives that he had been relieved of his position because he\u00a0allegedly abandoned\u00a0his duties in the constituency since\u00a0the party\u2019s primary in 2014. He is reported to have visited the constituency twice in that period.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”iFb0VMmmwpaMXuCw4zkXWQV3cIA869gs”]A Deputy Volta Regional Director of Communications for the NPP, Enoch Amegbletor, spoke on Eyewitness News <\/strong>saying the NPP in the region took that decision because it would not \u201ctolerate such laziness because\u201d as they have their eyes set on winning that seat.<\/p>\n Mr. Amegbletor also suggested\u00a0that the removal of Mr. Gyemah had the backing of \u201cconstituency stakeholders, polling station executives, party sympathizers, patrons, and elders\u201d who have \u201cglorified the bold decision coming from the party\u2019s hierarchy.\u201d<\/p>\n He explained that people in the constituency were not happy with non-visibility of their nominee lamenting that, \u201cYou have been elected by people to lead them but they don\u2019t see you. Even at funerals you are missing, at outdoorings you are missing. The just ended limited registration exercise, you were nowhere to be found.\u201d<\/p>\n Removal not unconstitutional<\/strong><\/p>\n Concerns have been raised that the reported removal of Mr. Gyemah is unconstitutional, but Mr. Amegbletor insisted that as long as the nominee had not been confirmed as the NPP candidate for the constituency by the Electoral Commission (EC), the removal could be effective.<\/p>\n According to him, \u201cThere has not been any filing. Nobody has filed to the EC. The EC has not received any nomination in respect of Krachi West\u2026 He has not been filed by the party and through the process, by the Electoral Commission, so it is neither here nor there,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n Removal sanctioned by NEC?<\/strong><\/p>\n He also contended that the decision to remove Mr. Gyemah was taken by the National Executive Committee of the NPP.<\/p>\n \u201cThe National Executive Committee did not just get up and arrive at such a decision. There have been a lot of consultations… So at the end of the day, this is what we have arrived at as a party,\u201d Mr. Amegbletor stated.<\/p>\n But also speaking on Eyewitness News,<\/strong> the parliamentary nominee for Krachi West maintained that he was still the nominee for the NPP in Krachi West.<\/p>\n According to Mr. Gyimah, he did receive a letter signed by the Volta Regional Chairman of the NPP, Peter Amewu, informing him of his removal. However, the two-sentence letter did not specify any offenses.<\/p>\n Mr. Gyemfeh however proceeded to meet with the acting Chairman of the NPP, Freddie Blay, on Monday, where he said he was instructed to ignore the letter from Mr. Amewu informing him of his removal because the letter was not authorized.<\/p>\n \u201cI am still the candidate for the NPP in my constituency, Krachi west, because in that meeting, the Chairman said there was no instruction given to whoever wrote that letter to write to me that they want to take me out as a candidate for that particular constituency,\u201d Mr Gyemah explained.<\/p>\n I have not neglected my constituency<\/strong><\/p>\n Also responding to the claims that he has neglected his constituency, he retorted that he left the constituency only a month ago intimating that he did not view that to be neglect.<\/p>\n \u201cI only left my constituency just a month ago. I spent three weeks in my constituency… so if you tell me that I have abandoned my constituency and I left the constituency just a month ago, do you call that neglect?\u201d<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The status of the opposition New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) parliamentary nominee for the Krachi West Constituency in the Volta Region, Kenneth Gyemah, is being disputed following reports that he has been relieved of his nominee status. Mr. Gyemah was informed via a supposed letter from NPP regional executives that he had been relieved of his […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":208684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[58,11],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n