Political analyst and a stalwart of the governing New Patriotic Party, Dr. Amoako Baah has attributed the delay in scheduling a date for the party’s presidential and parliamentary primaries to some machinations by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
Speaking to Selorm Adonoo on Eyewitness News, Dr. Amoako Baah said there are strong conflicting timelines between the president and Members of Parliament of the party.
Stressing on the internal wrangling between the two factions, he said: “This is a contention between the president and the party. The president wants to hold the primaries in February next year which he said, his 2024 budget would have been passed by then. The MPs on the hand, also want the primaries held in August 2023, to give them enough room to do whatever it is that they have to do to keep the party in good sharp.”
He described it as absolutely absurd to have president Akufo-Addo to be deciding the timelines for the party.
“It doesn’t make sense and the party should not tolerate it, the party does not belong to the president and the party cannot go according to his timetable.”
Dr. Amoako Baah also alleged that the president has threatened to mastermind the defeat of some of the NPP MPs.
“Were you not there or have you not read when the Subin MP [Eugene Boakye Antwi] said the president threatened to mastermind his defeat, how can an outgoing president hold the whole country to ransom?”
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