Some six polling station officials of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Juaben Constituency of the Ashanti Region have been suspended for 21 days.
This was after they invoked curses on some top executives of the party last week.The suspension took effect on 12th June 2020 and will end on 2nd July 2020.
The six polling station officials allegedly took the action to express their displeasure over the disqualification of Francis Owusu Akyaw, an aspirant who had wanted to contest in the upcoming parliamentary primaries.
They have been named as Ransford Osei, a Polling Station Secretary, at Juaben Anglican JHS ‘A’, Yaw Owusu Collins, a Polling Station Chairman at Juaben Court Yard 1 and Owusu Tawiah, also a Polling Station Secretary, Bomfa United Primary School.
The others are, Collins Obeng Berko, Polling Station Chairman, Bomfa United Primary School Dickson Amoah, Polling Station Chairman, Nobewam M/A Primary School and Charles Agyemang Boateng, Polling Station Organiser, Bomfa United Primary School.
In a letter signed by the Constituency Chairman, Alex Kwabena Sarfo Kantanka explained that the action taken by the polling station officials was contrary to article 3 and 4 of the party’s constitution.
“On Friday 5th June 2020, you misconducted yourself by invoking curses against the leadership of the party for disqualifying a parliamentary aspirant which violates the party’s constitution, article 3 and 4,” it stated.
This has been the norm ever since reports emerged of the list of persons disqualified from contesting in the NPP June 20 primaries in constituencies with sitting Members of Parliament.
The election was supposed to have come off on April 25, 2020, but was postponed indefinitely due to the outbreak of COVID-19 in the country and the related restrictive measures announced by the President.
All curse-invoking party members to be suspended
The governing New Patriotic Party last week directed the immediate suspension of all party members who were captured on video performing rituals and cursing party executives in the Offinso South Constituency.
The video which has since gone viral shows the disgruntled party members cursing the incumbent Member of Parliament, Abdullah Banda and national executives for disqualifying their preferred candidate who was aspiring to unseat the MP.
At a news conference in Accra on June 8, 2020, General Secretary of the NPP, John Boadu said all the persons involved in the act have been sanctioned.
Source: Daily Mail GH
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