A social group within the NDC, the Sankofa Social Club has in a statement, berated the United Kingdom branch of the NDC, for calling on Dr Asamoah to resign his position as Chairman of the NDC instead of telling the former President that his time was over.
The UK branch of the party in a statement issued last month on the state of governance under the NPP administration, did not only lambaste the Kufuor administration but took a swipe at Dr Obed Asamoah for commenting on some internal matters in the NDC and urged him to either resign honourably or have the party invoke its disciplinary procedures in accordance with the NDC constitution to discipline him.
The Sankofa club said it found the action of their colleagues in bad taste and therefore called on all loyalists of the party to treat the statement by the UK group with contempt ''because they have failed to tell the ex-President his time was over and should give Prof Mills a free hand to perform his functions as Flag bearer and reconcile the people for victory in 2004''.
The statement signed by A. K. Coomson, National Coordinator and Inusah Ibrahim, the National Secretary said ''It is on record that the ‘Palaver’ quoted ex-President Rawlings as saying that liberal minded people in the party should quit the party or be chase out''.
The statement also noted that at a recent funeral at Somanya in the Krobo district of the Eastern Region, the ex-President refused to shake hands with Hon Mike Gizo, Alhaji Sumani and Mr Ofosu Ampofo because they supported Dr Kwesi Botchwey’s candidature for the flagbearership.
The Club therefore questioned the UK branch of the NDC ''whether Margaret Thatcher interferes with and tramples on the democratic rights of members of the Conservative Party'' and warned ''Should the NDC be adamant, refuse to accept reforms and forcibly remove its chairman from office, there is no doubt some peeved members may seek redress at the law courts''.
