Paul Afoko, former national chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has finally spoken up, appearing on Okay FM with host Kwame Nkrumah Tikese for the first time in years.
Afoko criticized the conditions imposed on the party’s recent announcement of a nationwide amnesty for suspended or estranged members, calling it a positive start.
“The olive branch extended by the NPP is a good thing,” he said, acknowledging the effort at reconciliation. “But it is wrong for the party to impose conditions on the amnesty. There should be no conditions or rules tied to the return of former members.”
On August 16, 2025, the NPP reported that suspensions had been lifted and that outstanding disciplinary actions against impacted members had been waived in a letter signed by Acting National Chairman Danquah Smith Buttey.
Those who have forfeited their membership must properly reapply, though, and no one will be able to run in internal elections until two years have passed.
Afoko disapproved of this strategy and cautioned that it could jeopardize sincere reconciliation.
“If you want to bring people back together for a common goal, then you cannot at the same time put hurdles in their way. That is not reconciliation,” he stressed.
He asked the party to take a more inclusive stance in order to rebuild true unity, rather than enacting rules that, he believes, will revive old tensions.
Source:Mybrytfmonline.com/Joseph Asare
