The independent Member of Parliament-elect for Fomena Constituency, Andrew Amoako Asiamah, has said he will still remain with the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Parliament.
He said his constituents want
him to be with the governing party, hence his decision to remain with the NPP.
The legal practitioner was
expelled from Parliament after his party wrote to the Speaker but won the
December 7 2020 elections as an independent candidate.
Speaking to journalists in
Parliament on Wednesday, December 16, he revealed that the main opposition National Democratic Congress
(NDC) approached him to take a decision to join their side in
the House.
But he said, “I also respectfully told them that this
is the position and it is not my position. It is the position of the constituents.
“Human beings must always live with principles. My
principles that I took with respect to my party was to make sure that the party
is fair and just in its dealings with members. That was why I took that
decision.
“Now that I have been vindicated I think the party, even
though we have not discussed that matter, is learning some of the
mistakes they made. That is what I am looking for.
“I hope that going forward the
party will look into some of these decisions and take very critical decisions.”
He added: “Nothing in life will
be straight. At certain point in time, certain things might get rough but that
is how life is supposed to be. We don’t expect to get everything straight.
“Has the NDC approached me? That
one I will say Yes.
“They have not made any offer
but they tried to approach me to be on their side but I told them my
constituents who sent me [to Parliament] and who are sending me here have told
me that in spite of all what has happened to me in this party, they still want
me to be with NPP and therefore I am here because of them. What they told me is
what I am going to do.”
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