The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has referred petitions against former Assin Central MP and former presidential hopeful Kennedy Agyapong to its National Disciplinary Committee, which has been given a two-week deadline to complete its investigation.
Speaking on Accra-based Joy News, the party’s National Organiser, Henry Nana Boakye, said the National Executive Committee (NEC) considered a number of complaints against Mr Agyapong before forwarding them to the disciplinary committee in line with the provisions of the party’s constitution.
He said the decision was subsequently endorsed by the National Council, which instructed the committee, chaired by former Roads and Highways Minister Kwasi Amoako-Atta, to conclude its work within a fortnight.
According to Mr Boakye, the committee will present its report and recommendations to the National Council after completing its inquiry. The Council will then deliberate on the findings and decide whether any disciplinary measures are warranted.
He declined to comment on the likely outcome of the process, maintaining that it would be inappropriate to prejudge the committee’s work before its investigations are concluded.
Mr Boakye stressed that the party is adhering to its constitutional procedures, adding that the National Council, the NPP’s second-highest decision-making body, will make the final determination after reviewing the committee’s report.
The disciplinary process comes against the backdrop of growing internal divisions within the governing party, which were on display during Thursday’s National Executive Committee meeting.
Supporters from opposing camps reportedly clashed outside the meeting venue, while some demonstrators were heard chanting “Ken Must Go” in an apparent protest against Mr Agyapong.
The tensions are believed to have been fuelled by recent remarks by the former presidential aspirant, who accused the party leadership of failing to operationalise the Afari Military Hospital.
The National Disciplinary Committee is expected to submit its findings to the National Council within the next two weeks for further action.
