'The height of impunity, rude' - Hackman chides Alan for rebuking Kufuor's endorsement of Bawumia

The Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Council of Elders, Hackman Owusu-Agyeman, believes the recent comments made by Alan Kyerematen regarding former President John Agyekum Kufuor were rude.

In an interview with JoyNews on Monday, the veteran politician said the move by Alan was disrespectful.

The controversy follows John Kufuor’s endorsement of Dr Mahamudu Bawumia for the 2024 general elections.

Following this, the leader of the Movement for Change, Alan Kyerematen, questioned how long former President John Agyekum Kufuor had known the New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer to be supporting him.

He rebuked Alan, highlighting the significant contributions former President Kufuor has made to the former Minister of Trade's political career.

“What President Kufuor has done for Mr Kyerematen, I don't think he has done it for anybody in this party and I don't think it's Mr Kyerematen who says 70% of President Kufuor had to do came from him. Where was he? I can tell you that as foreign minister, he was my ambassador to Washington and one of the biggest things we did was HIPC and when we were taking that decision, the people who were there were Present Kufuor, J.H. Mensah, Osafo-Maafo, Baros Amos, and myself and Ambassador Boris Chalker of the UK, and it was President Kufuor who decided that we should go for it and it yielded the results.

“And so if you sit in Washington and say that you gave the idea, I don't get it. When I came back from the UN, I did nothing but to work for party. The constitution was written in my house and our first manifesto was written in my house. So, I did nothing but to work for party. For example, I thought I had the capacity to be flagbearer for the party but I don't have the capacity now because what was needed at the time is different from this digital age with AI and all.

“So, if at that time, President Kufuor thought that Mr Kyerematen was the person for the moment, and he moved on after 20 years and he believes that this is the time to move forward and so it is somebody else to do, but to ask what has Bawumia done is the height of impunity and it was rude,” he stated.

Hackman Owusu-Agyeman further stated that John Kufuor’s support for Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia should not be a point of contention, especially from Alan Kyerematen, who has benefited immensely from the former president’s leadership and mentorship.

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