Maverick politician and New
Patriotic Party(NPP) MP for Assin Central, Ken Agyapong has disclosed that he
cannot afford to remain quiet over actions he considers will send the party to
opposition as he’ll be the first casualty when the party exits power.
He condemns the intense internal
jostling by supporters of Trade Minister, Alan Kyerematen and
Vice-President Bawumia over who succeeds President Akufo-Addo two months into
the President’s second term, adding that if this campaign is not stopped it
will send the party out of power.
“NPP people should listen to me
well, if we go to opposition I’m the first person who will suffer huge
casualties, therefore I’m not going to sit down for anybody to make a mistake
to send the party to opposition. Don’t think that I’ll remain silent, I will
definitely talk after all the ministers are appointed and approved by
Parliament. If the NPP like, let them repeat the same mistakes and see if they
can control me. No, no, no, they can’t, if they do. So their fixation on power
at this early stage of Akufo Addo’s second term must be shelved. It is too
early to start jostling for who’ll succeed President Akufo Addo when he’s even
yet to form his government for the second term. We should learn from our past
mistakes and stop disintegrating the party with our ambitions, it will not help
the party,” Hon. Ken Agyapong said in an interview on Oman FM monitored by
Kasapafmonline.com.
Meanwhile, The General Secretary
of the NPP, John Boadu has said the party will not permit the testing of waters
now by party bigwigs who have ambitions of leading the party as Flagbgearer
into the 2024 Presidential election.
Internal jolting in the quest to
seek a replacement for Akufo Addo whose tenure as President expires in the next
four years has started quite early within the NPP
Supporters of Alan Kwadwo
Kyerematen, a former Minister of Trade and Industry who lost to Akufo-Addo for
the flagbearership slot in 2007 and 2014, and that of the current Vice
President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia have started an open campaign on
social media over who leads the party in 2024 elections.
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