A National Complaints Committee has been constituted by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to receive complaints of violations and breaches of this Code of Conduct, through the General Secretary ahead of the internal election toward the 2024 general election.
The National Complaints Committee is made up of the following persons: Chairman of the Constitutional and Legal Affairs Committee, Lawyer Frank Davies; Chairman of the National Council of Elders, Hon Hackman Owusu Agyeman and General Secretary of the Party, Mr. John Boadu.
It shall be the duty of the National Complaints Committee to investigate each complaint of violations of this Code of Conduct to determine whether or not there is a prima facie case. Where the Committee has established a prima facie basis in a particular complaint, it shall make a referral to the National Disciplinary Committee for the necessary disciplinary actions in line with the provisions of the Constitution.
Complaints of violations or breaches of this Code of Code regarding Parliamentary Elections/Primaries shall be handled by the Party’s Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures enshrined in Article 4 of the Party Constitution. Accordingly, any member of the party who alleges that there has been a breach of any provision(s) of this Code of Conduct by another Member, shall complain/petition against that Member with the respective Constituency Disciplinary Committee through the Constituency Executive Committee, for the necessary actions.
Sanctions shall be imposed on any member or supporter of the Party, who fails neglects, or refuses to comply with the orders of this Code of Conduct. Possible sanctions include fines, suspension, expulsion from the Party, or disqualification from holding any office or position in the Party for a stated period.
This Code of Conduct as it relates to Parliamentary Primaries shall apply in full force but with the necessary modifications by the National Executive Committee (NEC) to the conduct of Parliamentary Primaries in Constituencies where the Party has no sitting Members of Parliament (i.e. Orphan Constituencies). Accordingly, the National Executive Committee reserves the right to alter the applicability of this Code in Constituencies where the Party has no sitting MPs in respect of Parliamentary Elections.
Source: Mybrytfmonline.com/Kofi Atakora
