Communication member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Eric Obuaba has called on party members and supporters to rally behind the leadership in ensuring victory in the 2024 general elections.
Mr. Green, as affectionately called in a statement urged party members to respect the decision of the national executives led by Chairman Asiedu Nketiah instead of just basing the debate on personal sentiments.
He said “In a time like this, what we require is maturity and not emotions and tantrums. We elected Chairman ASIEDU Nketia believing that he and the team would take some good but tough decisions. They may be doing just that.
It is important to give him and the rest of the team the benefit of doubt, respecting the soundness of their judgment.
The signal the National Chairman and his team are sending is that, the NDC is different from the NPP. The NPP is the only party where non-performance is rewarded. Have we not had cause to complain about the soundness of the decisions of the previous leaders and a need for changes ahead of 2024?
For those who are up in arms against the reshuffle, what moral authority would they have to question the continued stay in office of the likes of Ken Ofori Atta who’s run the country to the ground through his wrong headed economic policies, goaded by the President and the economic management team.
In the 7th Parliament some people wanted Mahama Ayariga to be Minority Leader. Others wanted Muntaka Mubarak while others rooted for Haruna Iddrisu. Who consulted the 7th Parliament when that decision was taken? In the end the party’s wisdom was respected. And the leaders got the very maximum support.
We expect same level of cooperation and support for the new leaders, and the party must not hesitate to quash any revolt including disqualifying rebel MPs from running on its ticket if this small rebellion continues.
In 2017 when the then decision about who leads the NDC in parliament was taken, some of us said, based on observations of other parliaments around the world, that there ought to be reforms where MPs elect from their ranks who leads them but the idea was rubbished because it has no constitutional provisions. So why must a similar scenario be too hard to swallow?
We need power. Asking for the decision to be reversed is bizarre. Such flip-flopping would be more fatal, with disastrous consequences to the tenure of the ASIEDU Nketia led Executives and NDC as a party. It’s a bait to get them to start on a catastrophic note.
If we truly want power, we must put this behind us and rally behind the Ato Forson led Minority group.
The NDC is bigger than any individual in the party. We can’t have on our hands a situation where hell breaks loose when seemingly untouchables are reshuffled. It would be disastrous for a future NDC government. We can weather this storm together. Let people come to terms with the fact that the ship has sailed, and use their energies towards kicking out the NPP, whose tenure has been nothing but a calamitous failure.
Minority mps who are unhappy with the party’s decision must remember they are there because of NDC and their acts today will replicate future opportunities in the party.
Decision has been made and that is final”.
Source:Mybrytfmonline.com/Kwabena Nyarko Abronoma
