A group calling itself Finders Forum Ghana is raising a red flag over some new provision in the NPP’s proposed amendment of its constitution saying those provisions violate the rights of its NPP members and is inconsistent with the NPP’s constitution.
NPP in its last press conference statement said “The National Council, [ads1]which is the party’s second decision making body pursuant to Article 9 (b) of the party constitution has “unanimously” resolved that all persons serving as Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) who wish to contest as Parliamentary Candidates in constituencies where the party has sitting MPs, are NOT ELIGIBLE to contest unless they resign from their current positions at least three years before the ensuing NATIONAL GENERAL ELECTIONS”
According to a statement signed by Mr. Osman Rahim Hassan, Executive Director of Finders Forum Ghana, the introduction of that provisions that prevent MMDCEs from contesting at NPP Parliamentary primaries means those MMDCEs who have such interest have only 7days if the party goes ahead and adopt the proposed provisions this December.
Read their full statement:
NPP CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT IN “LIMBO”, PARTY TO BE OVERTAKEN BY A STORM.
The party at a press confab on November 29, 2017, brought to the attention of the party membership base a decision arrived at by N.E.C.
Paragraph 3 of the press confab statement states “The National Council, which is the party’s second decision making body pursuant to Article 9 (b) of the party constitution has “unanimously” resolved that all persons serving as Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) who wish to contest as Parliamentary Candidates in constituencies where the party has sitting MPs, are NOT ELIGIBLE to contest unless they resign from their current positions at least three years before the ensuing NATIONAL GENERAL ELECTIONS.
In actuality, the three years stated time as at the time of the addressed conference is inconsistent with the constitution of the party, the MMDCEs ‘only’ have seven (7) days to effect a decision of resignation in the event a parliamentary ambition is of interest.
This decision is simply misplaced and a fight against Rights of persons coupled with imposition of leadership.
This decision when compromised by the MMDCEs will ultimately mean the realm of revoking one’s appointment is on its basis. In other words one is NOT entitled to dismissal when the decision is guided.
The intended purpose of the decision as captured in Paragraph three is simply unethical and inconsistent with the rights of the party members.
Paragraph 4 also seeks to inject an inability order of denudation unto rank and file of the party at the regional level from contesting Parliamentary Candidates of the party. “A decision to stampede and uphold incompetence over ability”.
OBSERVATIONS
Without missing words, this directive defeats democracy and does not have any sense of equality.
These two decisions ( paragraph 3 and 4) are nothing different from the cooked and sinister driven attempt of the pending agenda to make parliamentarians leaders of the party at the constituency level and president or flagbearer the leader of the party even when an election is lost. Further, a grand ploy to dislodge all constituency executives and make parliamentarians ultimate decision makers.
It is instructive to note that the party will never survive this ploy to sideline proficient and able men and women with this sinister, barbaric and monstrous ploy.
CONCLUSION
In conclusion, it will be beneficial to the leadership of the party to reconsider the already resting drafted proposal pending passage into law on the 17th of December 2017.
Without relevant revisit to the call of the outrageous resistance meted out against the proposed amendment of the constitution in Cape Coast, the party will be overtaken by a storm.
Thank you.
…Signed…
Osman Rahim Hassan
Executive Dir. FINDERS-FORUM GHANA
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