Politics
NDC Fires Warning To Party Members Campaigning To Unseat NDC MPs
The opposition National Democratic Congress has described as unacceptable attempts by some members campaigning to unseat lawmakers who are less than a year in office.
According to the party’s National Chairman, Mr Ofosu-Ampofo, it is anti-party for any person to begin campaigning when the party has not opened nominations requesting for interested parties to contest to become potential lawmakers.
Speaking with party stakeholders at Oti region during former President John Mahama’s ‘Thank You’ tour, Mr Ofosu-Ampofo noted that the party will not prevent anybody from pursuing their ambitions but timing is key.
“Some of our MPs are not even a year old in parliament, they have a four-year mandate but people have started campaigning for their seats. It is not acceptable,” he said.
“Those activities are classified as anti-party activities and they are punishable by law in the NDC constitution. So whoever campaigns when we have not opened nominations, we’ve not said we want any MP anywhere, if you’re fished out, we will use the party’s constitution to discipline you…” he warned.
