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| Paul Afoko, Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (Credit; Daily Graphic) |
Mr
Paul Afoko, the National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is not about
to rush to court to affirm his position following the decision of the National
Executive Committee ( NEC) to suspend
him indefinitely.
Sources
close to the embattled Chairman say that he will first petition the National
Council of the Party before considering a court action.
The
grounds of his petition are that the body which allegedly suspended him was not
properly convened and that he was not even heard in the consideration of
allegations made against him.
Mr
Afoko and his lawyers insist that he is still the National Chairman of the
party and that his purported suspension is a nullity.
Nana Akufo- Addo, the presidential candidate
of the party who was not present when the decision to suspend Afoko was taken
has so far endorsed the suspension.
Former
President John Agyekum Kufour has maintained a dignified but pregnant silence
over the issue.
Afoko’s
supporters have dropped hints that they will intensify the struggle to keep him
as National Chairman of the Party.
Editorial
A worrying situation
The
Insight is completely alarmed by the fact that some political parties have been
allowed to operate private security organizations that are armed to the teeth.
In
the recent clash between the Bolgatanga Bulldogs and the Invincible Forces of
the New Patriotic Party (NPP) at least one sophiscated and unlicensed pistol
was found on a member of the bulldogs.
Other
weapons used in the clashes included machetes, knives of all kinds and clubs
and sticks.
At the end of the rampage one motorbike had
been burnt and one saloon car had been destroyed.
We
are deeply worried that these private security firms organized and used by
political parties can very easily get out of control and plunge Ghana into
chaos.
The Insight urges the security forces to act with
dispatch to end the threat posed by these private security services.
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