NPP to sack MMDCEs who caused parliamentary defeat

The governing NPP has disclosed plans to deal with persons who caused the party to lose its parliamentary seats during the December 7 polls.

This comes after 33 incumbent NPP MPs lost their seats in the just-ended elections to rivals in the opposition NDC.

The party has since set up a committee to evaluate the circumstances that led to the unexpected results.

Chairman of the Committee, Yaw Osafo-Maafo, noted that some Municipal Chief Executives (MCE) and District Chief Executives (DCE) contributed to the defeat of the party’s parliamentary candidates

He said such MCEs and DCEs have been identified by the Committee and will be dismissed as a consequence.

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“So far we realized that there are a lot of internal fishers, there are a lot of District Chief Executives, Municipal Chief Executives were undermining parliamentary candidate, and they were even campaigning against them,” Mr. Osafo-Maafo told Joy News as quoted by Pulsegh.

“They would definitely have to be thrown out, definitely, any DCE or MCE who considered it right to work against a parliamentary candidate has no business to represent the party in the district,” he added.

Meanwhile the opposition NDC continues to express their displeasure at the outcome of the general elections with series of demonstrations.

Deputy General Secretary of the opposition NDC, Peter Otokunor says nobody has the right to ban the party from protesting the outcome of the just-ended general elections.

According to him, demonstrations are enshrined by law and, therefore, the party has every right to register its displeasure through this means.