Asawase: We’ll disrespect injunction and hold primaries – NPP Regional Secretary

The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has suggested it would disrespect a Kumasi High Court and  still go ahead to conduct parliamentary primaries over the weekend in the Asawase Constituency of the Ashanti Region.

“We are not taking anything or acting on social media. We have not received any injunction from any court that says we should not go ahead to conduct primaries”, Ashanti Regional Secretary of the party, Mr. Sam Pyne spoke in an interview MyNewsGh.com monitored

A Kumasi High Court Presided over by Justice Frederick Tetteh has granted an injunction on the next weekend’s New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary primaries in the Asawase Constituency of the Ashanti Region.

But reacting to news of the injunction which is reported to have been served on the party, Sam Pyne wondered why the aggrieved candidate ambushed them in that manner.

“It is against NPP’s constitution for any true party member to secure a court injunction to prevent the party from holding election”, the Secretary told host of Kumasi FM’s morning show, Nana Yaw Mensah Joel.

It would be recalled that the Regional Executive Committee of the NPP vetoed ton July 29, 2019 at the meeting barring candidate persons from contesting three others they imposed in the orphan constituencies in the party’s world bank.

It said in a statement that after thorough and exhaustive deliberations,  the committee unanimously declared that, the three(3) Orphan Constituencies in the region shall sponsor the candidatures of Hon. Alidu Seidu, MCE- Asokore Mampong, Hon. Salisu Bamba, MCE – Ejura Sekyeredumasi and Hon. Joseph Owusu, DCE – Sekyere Afram Plains as sole candidates for the Asawase, Ejura Sekyeredumasi and Sekyere Afram Plains respectively.

“This action is in line with the party’s strategy to annex these three (3) constituencies. The party is resolved to make sure that, all other actions are in tune with Article 12,(I) of the party’s constitution and all party members are enjoined to abide by this resolution. Party members who flout this directive shall be sanctioned according to the rules and regulations of the party’s constitution”, a statement from the Regional Secretary, Sam Pyne stated.

Source:MyNewsGh.com/