Nana Ofori Owusu, the National Chairman of the Progressive People's Party, has warned the New Patriotic Party not to trivialize Alan Kyerematen's breakaway from the party.
Alan Kyerematen on Monday disclosed he has ended his relationship with the ruling New Patriotic Party and will contest the 2024 elections as an independent candidate.
He cited various reasons for his decision, key among them is that "it is abundantly clear" to him that his "services and contributions to the Party are not appreciated, and that my continuous stay in the Party will create further tension and division, which is an exact replay of circumstances that led to my decision to resign from the Party in 2008".
He was convinced the New Patriotic Party has abandoned its principles, so he no longer wants to be a member.
" . . the NPP as it exists now has very little resemblance to the Party that I joined in 1992 and helped to nurture. The Party has been hijacked by a selected group of Party leaders and elders, government appointees, 'behind the curtain power brokers” and some unscrupulous Party apparatchiks," he said during a press conference at the Movenpick Hotel in Accra.
To Nana Ofori Owusu, Alan's resignation will have dire consequences on the NPP.
"Data and history shows us that, sometimes, the breakaway can have very serious implications on the party," he stated, citing Ghana's first President, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah leaving the UGCC to form his own political party, the Convention People's Party, and winning the presidential election thereof.
He advised the ruling party to take Alan's grievances seriously, saying they should "try to correct the ills that he (Alan) has disclosed".
"He can break the NPP," Nana Ofori cautioned, stressing "what is alarming to me is his reasons for leaving his party. This is very dangerous. He means his party is a party that doesn't believe in democracy. That it is a party that when they don't accept you, they will beat you; that it's a party that doesn't follow their own practices".
Nana Ofori Owusu made these submissions on Peace FM's morning show "Kokrokoo".
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