{"id":228266,"date":"2016-07-06T09:00:59","date_gmt":"2016-07-06T09:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=228266"},"modified":"2016-07-06T09:00:59","modified_gmt":"2016-07-06T09:00:59","slug":"suspensions-wont-affect-our-chances-in-nov-polls-cpp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/07\/suspensions-wont-affect-our-chances-in-nov-polls-cpp\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspensions won\u2019t affect our chances in Nov. polls \u2013 CPP"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Convention People’s Party (CPP) has said the suspension of the party\u2019s National Youth Organizer and the General Secretary, will not affect the party\u2019s chances in the November polls.<\/p>\n

The party\u2019s Central Committee suspended its<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a><\/span>General Secretary, Nii Armah Akomfrah, and Ernesto Yeboah for publicly chastising Mr. Greenstreet for his comment on President Mahama’s Ford expedition gift saga.<\/p>\n

But the Deputy General Secretary of the CPP, Yaw Asani Tano, believes that the development will not negatively affect the party in the upcoming polls.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”a3hHxUfE3kf42NtLvNFa2KtF2RiaGd2Z”]He argues that there are other party members who are effectively performing the duties of the two in their absence.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is already a roadmap on how to secure votes for the Flagbearer, so the Youth Organizer\u00a0is not the only one who is going to get all the votes, he has people that he is working with so once he has been suspended, there is a second person in command who will ensure that this particular agenda comes on for the party hierarchy to know that they meant well and we were up there working and so it will not affect the fortunes of the party at all.\u201d<\/p>\n

Suspensions not an endorsement of corruption<\/strong><\/p>\n

Meanwhile the party has said the suspension has nothing to do with the party\u2019s stance on corruption.<\/p>\n

Ernesto Yeboah, earlier insinuated that the party\u2019s decision to suspend him was effectively an endorsement of corruption, but the party in a statement asserted that the duo were suspended for bringing the party\u2019s name into disrepute.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis decision therefore, has nothing to do with the CPP\u2019s position on corruption. Rather it concerns the alleged conduct of these two officers in the public domain bringing the party\u2019s name into disrepute.\u201d<\/p>\n

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