The Director of Communications of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Richard Ahiagbah, has described recent comments by former presidential aspirant Kennedy Agyapong as constituting anti-party behaviour under the party’s constitution.
His comments come on the back of Mr. Agyapong’s recent criticisms of the NPP’s failure to operationalise the Afari Military Hospital while in government and warnings that he could “spill the beans” on alleged wrongdoing within the party if provoked, remarks that have generated debate among party faithful and prompted petitions seeking disciplinary action against him.
Speaking on Channel One TV’s The Big Issue on Saturday, June 20, Mr. Ahiagbah cited Article 3 of the NPP Constitution, which he said imposes an obligation on every member to conduct themselves in a manner that promotes and defends the good name of the party.
“On the matter of whether his behaviour is anti-party or not, we have a constitution, and the constitution in Article 3 sets a clear standard for all members, that as a member your actions and inactions must promote and defend the good name of the party,” he said.
Mr. Ahiagbah argued that Mr. Agyapong’s recent conduct falls short of that standard.
“In the conduct that he’s put up in this matter, it is a conduct that is tantamount to not defending the good name of the party,” he stated, adding, “I can still tell you in confirming your claim that that is an anti-party behaviour.”
While maintaining that it was not within his remit to determine sanctions, Mr. Ahiagbah indicated that any disciplinary measures would have to be examined by the appropriate committee in accordance with the party’s rules.
He noted that penalties for anti-party conduct could range from lesser sanctions to expulsion from the party, depending on the circumstances and findings of the disciplinary process.
Mr. Ahiagbah further suggested that Mr. Agyapong’s decision to reiterate and defend his earlier remarks indicated that they were made deliberately.
He added that if petitions have indeed been filed against Mr. Agyapong, they should be allowed to go through the party’s established processes, stressing that no member should be considered above the rules governing the NPP.
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