Central regional Executives of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) have rebuffed claims of victimisation leveled against them by supporters of the suspended regional 1st Vice chairman of the party Horace Ekow Ewusi.
The party explains that due process was followed in handing the embattled 1st Vice Chairman Ekow Ewusi the indefinite suspension.
The party says it gave the embattled vice chairman ample time to respond to a petition against him but he refused to cooperate with party hierarchy including the party chairman Robert Kutin and the Regional Disciplinary Committee.
“Mr Ewusi was given a week to respond to the letter, but the one week elapsed without Mr Ewusi replying to the letter. The regional chairman himself sent Mr Ewusi a reminder and yet he did not respond. The issue came up for discussion at later date at a regional officers meeting, where there was a consensus that the suspended regional first vice chairman responded to the letter which he pledged to do within a week but he never honored his pledge.
“It was on the base of this gross indiscipline exhibited by Mr Ewusi that the regional chairman directed me the regional secretary to refer Mr Ekow Ewusi’s refusal to respect honor and respond to party letters and directives and Edward Okraku’s petition to the regional disciplinary committee for a fair hearing and investigation. Upon Mr Awusi’s refusal to appear before the regional disciplinary committee, the disciplinary committee in its report to the regional executive committee recommended that Mr Awusi be suspended indefinitely,” regional Secretary Richard Takyi Mensah told the media at a press conference Wednesday.
The press conference was attended by all appointees in the region made up of ministers of state, MMDCEs, Party bigwigs including the Party Chairman Robert Kutin and regional minister Kwamena Duncan.
Source: Ghana/Starrfm.com.gh/103.5fm/Kwaku Baah-Acheamfuor
