Former New Patriotic Party(NPP) MP for Obuasi East, Edward Ennin has registered his frustration at the hierarchy of the party over their abysmal performance in the 2024 presidential and parliamentary elections.
Mr Ennin said he expects the leadership to resign or be sacked from office although they were duly elected to serve for a certain period.
According to him, they went into the elections with a weak campaign and did not have a proper plan but the leadership did not do enough to salvage the situation.
He made this revelation on Adom FM’s Burning Issues as he shed more light on what caused the party’s humiliating defeat.
“Looking at the disgrace our executives have brought upon us, I think they should be resigning by now, but if they fail, we can sack them from their positions and hand over the party and put proper administrative measures in place for it to look good to all,” he stated.
The tough-spoken politician noted that there was apathy among supporters following what he described as “mafia” tactics displayed during the internal elections
He added that, due process was not followed and procedures laid down by party leaders favoured some group of candidates preferred by the executives.
As a result, all candidates who lost including their supporters did not help in the campaign neither did they vote, affecting the party heavily.
When Mr Ennin was asked by show host, Akua Boakyewaa Yiadom on what can be done going forward, he said the only option is to reclaim the party from the hands of the current leaders to make it more attractive.
“The leaders of the party have created division, apathy among the party members and have lost touch with the base so it about time we sack them and reclaim the party and hand it over to people to act till we go for elections to choose new ones,” he said.
Mr Ennin further asserted that former Chairman, Paul Afoko and General Secretary, Kwabena Agyapong who were sacked from post in 2016 due to internal matters were better leaders than the current crop of leadership.
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