National Democratic Congress (NDC), has warned members of the party
seeking leadership positions not to campaign negatively against
sitting Members of Parliament in their constituencies.The secretariat
said nominations were not yet opened for positions and those playing
underground politics to get sitting MPs out were seriously undermining
the goodwill of the party, especially at the grassroots level.
Alhaji Abdulai Harruna Friday, Northern Regional Secretary of the
party in a statement issued in Tamale said reports from some
constituencies in the region indicated that some people were embarking
on negative propaganda against sitting MPs so that they could replace
them. He appealed to them to stop their actions so as not to weaken
the strength of the NDC at those areas and that the timing was wrong
since it would give undue advantage to opponents. Alhaji Friday called
on members to rather forge ahead to promote the healthy growth of the
party at all levels, unity and cohesion to ensure massive victory in
2008.
"It must be made clear that the party has not yet opened
nominations for Parliamentary Candidature, therefore, individuals
carrying out this can be said to be a calculated attempt to break the
rank and file of the party in the region", he said.
He called on all branch executives to ignore such people for now
and report their actions to the regional secretariat and that the
secretariat would invoke the necessary party constitutional sanction
to those found culpable.
28 Jan. 07
