Our party has not been hijacked by few – NPP replies Alan

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has refuted claims made by Alan Kwadwo Kyerenaten that the party has been hijacked by a selected few.

Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen had claimed that the party has been “hijacked by a selected group of Party leaders and elders, and government appointees behind the curtain power brokers”.

He made the remarks when he announced his resignation from the NPP and his decision to contest as an independent candidate in the 2024 presidential election.

But General Secretary of the NPP Justin Kodua Frimpong addressing a press conference, Tuesday, September 26, 2023, noted that said the claims were false.

“Ladies and gentlemen, the leadership of the Party equally disagrees with assertions made by Kyerematen on page eight (8) of his resignation address that ‘the Party has been hijacked by a selected group of Party leaders and elders, and government appointees behind the curtain power brokers’.”

“Guided by facts and data, the leadership of the Party disagrees entirely with this assertion. Historically, the selection of flagbearers for political parties in Ghana had been the preserve of a privileged few until the New Patriotic Party took the bold decision to decentralize the process by expanding its electoral college to enfranchise some One Hundred and Six Thousand, Five-Hundred and Ninety (106,590) delegates in 2010.”

“Currently, about Two Hundred Thousand (200,000) delegates would be voting to select the Party’s next flagbearer relative to the estimated One Thousand Nine Hundred and Ninety-Eight delegates (1,998) who did same in 1992. Clearly, the quantum leap to Two Hundred Thousand (200,000) delegates in 2023 underscores the decentralization of power to all Party stakeholders and defeats the assertion that the Party has been hijacked by a privileged few”.

He further added that “In reference to Kyerematen’s concerns, which include allegations of intimidation against his supporters, it is noteworthy that certain government appointees, including cabinet ministers, who openly declared their support for him are still at post and have never been intimidated,” he stated.