You Will Be Sanctioned & Disqualified-NDC Council Of Elders Warn All Contestants
The Council also expressed disquiet at the level to which the campaign has sank and repeats its earlier advice to all contestants to ensure strict adherence 10 the guidelines drawn up by the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party .
Freeman Koryekpor 
The Council of Elders of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has sounded a strong word of warning to the all contestants who are contesting various executive positions on the ticket of the NDC that they would be sactioned and disqualified if they act contrary to the ten (10) guidelines drawn up by the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party .
The Council also expressed disquiet at the level to which the campaign has sank and repeats its earlier advice to all contestants to ensure strict adherence 10 the guidelines drawn up by the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party .
The Council reminded all contestants that acting contrary to laid down rules and regulations will carry severe sanctions, including disqualification of any contestant.
"All contestants are reminded that the party stands supreme and this will not be sacrificed for the personal interest of any contestant, delegate or party member Ghana is today in a state of near collapse because of the corruption, recklessness, impunity, failure of the current government and failure to hold wrong doers accountable and uphold national interest.
"There is no way out our current predicament, if as a political party the NDC is not able or willing to impose higher standards of discipline and accountability on its members.
It is time to reaffirm by word and deed our commitment to probity, accountability, discipline and participatory democracy for all Ghanaians," the Council of Elders of the NDC issued these wearings in a statement copied to Soireenews.com
According to the statement, the Council of Elders of the National Democratic Congress met to receive developments pertaining to the on-going internal party' elections.
The Council in the statement condemned in no uncertain terms incidents of violence that occurred during the just ended confi:rence of the Youth and Women's Wings of the party held in Cape Coast, on Saturday, December 2022.
The statement indicated that iis the view of the Council that acts of Indiscipline and violence at party functions can only' bring the party into disrepute and could damage the hard won reputation of the party.
In this regard, the Council has called for a full report on the incidents and any member(s), whether elected or not, found culpable in die breach of the rules prescribed by the Congress Planning Committee on complicit in any of the incidence face serious disciplinary action in accordance with the Party's code of discipline.
While fully supporting measures announced by the Congress Planning Committee to avoid recurrence of events of last week and to ensure a outcome of the pending congress, the Council urged strict observance of the rules announced by the Congress Planning Committee.
The statement stressed that the the congress Planning Committee shou!d have no hesitation in removing any person whose behavior is not conducive to the conduct of the Congress.
