{"id":239416,"date":"2016-08-15T12:16:25","date_gmt":"2016-08-15T12:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=239416"},"modified":"2016-08-15T12:16:25","modified_gmt":"2016-08-15T12:16:25","slug":"afoko-loses-suit-against-npp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/08\/afoko-loses-suit-against-npp\/","title":{"rendered":"Afoko loses suit against NPP"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Human Rights Court in Accra has dismissed the case in which the suspended Chairman of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Paul Afoko, went to court to challenge his suspension from the party.<\/p>\n

Mr. Afoko had accused the NPP leadership, during his testimony, of not following due process\u00a0before suspending him.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”KvncPVa3t7IOIGthrh0MWOSkMrTlNkgX”]He was also challenging the capacity of one the members of the party’s\u00a0disciplinary committee, Gifty Kusi, who was part of the committee that recommended his suspension.<\/p>\n

Giving his ruling, Justice Anthony Yeboah, said the lawyers of Afoko failed to prove that the party erred in the procedures that were used in suspending him.<\/p>\n

The Judge thus ruled that the party acted fairly and lawfully in the decision to suspend him.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026So all the reliefs that were being sought by Afoko were dismissed. According to the judge, the case was not about whether the suspension was wrong or right, but about whether the procedures were right. And so the Judge said the decision of the party in suspending him still stands, Citi News\u2019 Duke Mensah Opoku reported from the court.<\/p>\n

The NPP\u2019s National Executive Committee, suspended Paul Afoko, and the decision was adopted by the party\u2019s National Council after its congress.<\/p>\n

Mr. Afoko rejected the reasons for his suspension and subsequently sued the party in December 2015.<\/p>\n

Unconstitutional suspension?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The suspended Chair had earlier described his suspension as unconstitutional and a breach of natural justice.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe illegal National Executive Committee meeting adopted the illegal recommendations of the disciplinary committee following the rules and procedures laid down by the constitution by appealing against these illegalities,\u201d he complained.<\/p>\n

My opponents \u2018plotted\u2019 my suspension<\/strong><\/p>\n

Paul Afoko also alleged that the party\u2019s action against him was masterminded by some members of the party who opposed his candidature before his election.<\/p>\n

He said the members of National Council meeting that voted to suspend him are his avowed opponents who worked against his candidature ahead of the party\u2019s congress to elect national officers.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll those who voted at the Council meeting were against my candidature,\u201d he argued.<\/p>\n

Court dismissed Sammy Crabbe\u2019s suit against NPP<\/strong><\/p>\n

An Accra High Court in June 2016,\u00a0dismissed a suit<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/a>by the second National Vice Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Sammy Crabbe, who was also challenging his suspension from the party.<\/p>\n

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Paul Afoko (L) and Sammy Crabbe (R)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mr. Crabbe, a known Afoko ally, was suspended indefinitely\u00a0in 2015, alongside the party\u2019s General Secretary, Kwabena Agyepong.<\/p>\n

They were suspended for \u201cmisconduct\u201d which included a disregard for party structures.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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