The National Disciplinary Committee of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has been granted two weeks for an investigation into petitions against former Assin Central MP and former presidential candidate Kennedy Agyapong.
According to Henry Nana Boakye, National Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) received several petitions and forwarded them to the disciplinary committee for review in accordance with party protocols and the NPP constitution.
He states that the National Council accepted the decision and gave the committee, led by former Roads Minister Kwasi Amoako Atta, a two-week deadline to do its work.
He explained that the National Council would receive the committee’s findings, make a final decision, and decide whether to impose any sanctions it deems suitable.
Nana Boakye declined to comment on the investigation’s potential conclusion, stating that it would be incorrect to criticise the disciplinary committee’s work.
He stated on Joy News that the National Council, the party’s second-highest decision-making body, would take the committee’s report into consideration before making any decisions.
“The right constitutional and procedural process is being followed,” he added.
The news comes after the NPP’s internal strife became apparent during a meeting of the National Executive Committee on Thursday.
Outside the meeting location, there were apparently altercations amongst party supporters, with some protesters yelling “Ken Must Go” in apparent reference to Kennedy Agyapong.
The former presidential candidate’s recent comments, in which he lambasted the party’s leadership for what he called the failure to operationalise the Afari Military Hospital, are thought to be connected to the disturbance.
Within the following two weeks, the National Council is anticipated to receive the disciplinary committee’s report.
Source: newsthemegh.com