The acting National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) , Freddie Blay has said it will not be advisable to reinstate suspended executives of the party.<\/p>\n
He believes it will be inappropriate to reinstate these executives, who in his view did not contribute to the party\u2019s victory in the 2016 general elections.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”lYiNHgUlOtwqur1y1tEI1nvHA7yW49hs”]Making his case on Point Blank<\/strong> segment of Eyewitness News,<\/strong> Mr. Blay said : \u201cIf you needed people to undertake the biggest battle of an election and you thought that those that were in charge will not contribute to winning so you put them aside and you put other people in charge and they go to the battle and they are victorious. I do not see the wisdom that we should go back for people we thought will not help.\u201d<\/p>\n The National Vice Chairman of the party, Sammy Crabbe was suspended indefinitely in 2015, alongside the party\u2019s General Secretary, Kwabena Agyepong.<\/p>\n The suspension of the two came shortly after the suspension of Paul Afoko, who was National Chairman.<\/p>\n They were suspended for \u201cmisconduct\u201d which included a disregard for party structures.<\/p>\n Mr. Afoko and Mr. Crabbe subsequently filed a suit over their suspension but both suits were thrown out by the court.<\/p>\n Mr. Agyepong unlike the two, did not seek a legal action, but appeared to have supported the action by the duo viewed as his allies.<\/p>\n Afoko will remain suspended<\/strong><\/p>\n Freddie Blay also emphasized that Mr. Afoko will not be reinstated, adding that \u201cthere has not been any discussion\u201d in relation to reinstating him.<\/p>\n I wasn\u2019t surprised<\/strong><\/p>\n According to him, the instruction for him to take over Afoko\u2019s role after his suspension did not come as a surprise to him, because the party\u2019s constitution makes provision for the \u201cVice Chair to act when the Chairman is not around.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe way the crisis was going, it was not surprising that I found myself to be Chair. One door closes and another opens. The situation I find myself as acting Chairman of the party presents new challenges. I have been busy and I find it interesting but that is okay,\u201d Mr. Blay added.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Marian Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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