Group condemns NPP over new parliamentary primaries directives

A New Patriotic Party (NPP) youth group has condemned portions of new directives regarding the party’s upcoming parliamentary primaries.

One of the directives require parliamentary aspirants who seek to contest sitting NPP to pay about GHC20,000 in development fee.

This has not gone down well with the group, Coalition of Young Liberals (COYLIB), who warned in a released press statement Monday that the new rules were not favourable to the youth.

COYLIB added that the new directives could adversely affect the party’s fortunes in the 2016 General Elections.

Read the statement below:

A definite choice demands definite actions. Ghanaians cannot afford to spend another four years under Mahama-Amissah dumsor administration. The citizenry now have their fate tied in the balance because of the unpopular directive of the biggest opposition party (NPP) towards the next general election.

The NEC spoke laboriously last week but their decision has not gone down well amongst its members. The ‘affirmative action’ has thrown away the basics in which the New Patriotic Party (NPP) was founded into infinite abyss.

Either the Diaspora NPP Chapters have abandoned the party or they are confused as well, forgetting the repercussions of such erroneous proposals.

Majority of Ghanaians can recall and make inference from counsel Philip Addison arguments at the Supreme in 2013; ‘’Akufo Addo, on other hand, had 5,010 fever votes than NPP candidates’’.

This is a fact and the Minority members of Parliament (MPs) have failed to explain to Ghanaians why the fall in Akufo Addo votes but very quick to recommend a development fee of ghc 20,000 which aims to discourage young aspirants.

We assume the NPP NEC probably never had this information in mind; otherwise, they would have come up with a strong decision calling for total overhaul of current MPs to indicate their seriousness towards the 2016 elections.

 In furtherance of NEC proposal, some of the MPs have adapted a position of jumping from one radio station to another, which is unproductive for the NPP with utterances that can threaten the stability of the party.

Ghanaians have less than 24 months to the next polls; we expected the biggest opposition party to come out with decisions to salvage the image of the republic, attract more undecided voters to their folds and not let contempories mock the principles the party holds over the years.

COYLIB feel the NEC was faltering it core mandate and thereby engaging in experimental trials ignoring the failures of 2012 and 2008 respectively.

The citizens feel peeved and wondering why the NPP NEC has negated the pressing issues that will help the party recapture power from the failed NDC government and endorsing such policy whilst in opposition.

COYLID advises those pushing the policy onto the doorstep of Akuffo Addo to tread cautiously if only they want the party in power.

We believe the NEC chose the path of good intention but fail to reach out the mission of increasing the votes of the flag bearer and winning the next election.

A good decision that binds it members will automatically resonates with the general population across the length and breadth of the country.

We urge the Leadership and National Executive Committee (NEC) to do extensive consultation, re-look, re-think, re-assess, and re-evaluate and return to Ghanaians with confident actions.