The Greater Accra Regional Deputy Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Jeff Kassim has called on members of the party to resolve their grievances using the party’s internal structures before attempting to proceed to the law court.
According to the deputy organiser, article four of the party’s constitution has made provisions for aggrieved members to rely on their internal mechanisms whenever conflicts arise.
Speaking in a Citi News interview, Mr. Kassim, who doubles as the Chairman of the Election Committee in the Dome-Kwabenya Constituency, noted that he has not received any petition from anyone in the party though he is aware of some election-related cases which are in court.
“Article four of the party’s constitution states it clearly if you have any grievances use the internal mechanisms first, exhaust all internal mechanisms before going to court. There has been a lot of issues in three or four constituencies moving to court straight to go and battle their issues without using the internal mechanism.”
He bemoaned that “as an elections committee chairman, I haven’t received any petition from anyone.”
Mr. Kassim made these comments at a ceremony to swear in some 18 electoral coordinators within the Dome-Kwabenya constituency.
The New Patriotic Party experienced some challenges in their recent elections to select new executives to take over the affairs of the party.
In some instances members locked up party offices while others also painted the party offices in NDC colours to protest alleged
For instance, the NPP office in Nkwanta South Counstituency in the Oti Region, was on Friday locked up by some aggrieved youth over alleged misappropriation of area coordinators’ election forms.
In Formena also some members threatened to defect to the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) over alleged preferential treatment of persons linked to the Independent MP for the area, Andrew Amoako Asiamah.
They painted the NPP office in NDC colours and then pasted posters of former president John Mahama on the building.
