Below is a rejoinder to a story we carried under the headline, Abirem NPP in turmoil for strange, undemocratic reasons”.
The rejoinder, which emanates from the Research/Elections and the Communications Team of the Abirem Constituency of the New Patriotic Party is published below unedited.
ABIREM
CONSTITUENCY ENDORSES HON JOHN OSEI FRIMPONG AS MP FOR A SECOND TERM
The attention of the Research/Elections
and the Communications Team of the Abirem Constituency has been drawn to the
recent publications by Adomonline and some other media portals by an illegal
group calling itself as “Concerned Polling Station Executives of Abirem
Constituency” of the New Patriotic Party on April 15, 2020 with the caption
“Abirem NPP in turmoil for strange, undemocratic reasons” alleging that Abirem
Constituency is not safe for victory in elections 2020.
The Abirem Constituency party
wishes to state categorically and unequivocally that the assertion by the said
group is fallacious, highly untrue, fabricated, misleading, and factually inaccurate,
lacks credibility and infantile concocted story. We call on the National,
Regional and the Constituency party to disregard and treat the said publication
with the contempt it deserves.
The behaviour of this
unscrupulous group which sort to undermine the integrity of the National
Vetting Committee and that of the Constituency Executive Committee is
unfortunate and has nothing good to offer to the fortunes of the party. As a
matter of fact, these disgruntled political contractors whose main enterprise
has unexpectedly been shot down have decided to throw tantrums against the
party.
The suspended and
subsequently disqualified aspirants namely Daniel Afrifa and Frank Mireku whose
supporters are misbehaving, peddling falsehood and chastising the political
hierarchy and leadership of the NPP have now seen reason in the decision of the
constituency executive committee of their suspension and their subsequent
disqualification by the national vetting committee chaired by Lawyer Nana Obiri
Boahen, the Deputy General Secretary of NPP have now gone back to the
constituency executives to pick up their suspension letters which hitherto, was
rejected by same.
The decision by the two
disqualified aspirants to pick the suspension letters from the constituency
executives committee follows the directive by the National Vetting Committee to
go back to the constituency executive committee to render an unqualified
apology and do the needful to enable them contest in any future elections in
the constituency.
The Hon John Osei
Frimpong’s achievements in the first (four year) term have been unprecedented
in the political annals of the Abirem constituency. It is under his tenure that
Abirem has witnessed unsurpassed peace and unity among the MP, the DCE and the
party. This unfeigned unity has yielded unparalled and unprecedented
development in the constituency.
It is worthwhile to state
without any shred of doubt that this illegal group fabricated, falsified and
fraudulently procured signatures of unsuspecting polling station executives to
file their petition against their disqualification. The polling station
executives whose signatures were fraudulently acquired are considering taking
legal action against the perpetrators of this unpardonable crime to serve as a
deterrent to others.
The party is currently
more formidable, resolute and poised for victory to enhance its fortunes which
moved from a little over 2000 votes’ difference between the NPP and NDC in 2012
general elections to 7000 votes’ difference in 2016 general elections. It is
therefore certain that as every community has benefited from the numerous
projects and policies rolled out by H.E. Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo – Addo and the
indefatigable Member of Parliament, Hon John Osei Frimpong, we are confident
and optimistic to achieve our 70% target of total votes in election 2020.
In conclusion, this
unguided cacophony presented with impunity by the said group must be
disregarded and treated with the contempt it deserves.
Francis Offeh, Research and Elections Officer – Abirem Constituency
Aeron Asiedu Antwi, Communications Officer – Abirem Constituency
Hon George Krobea Asante – Member, Research and Communications Team