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Michael Ampong, a youth activist of the New Patriotic Party and Mahama Haruna, a former presidential correspondent of the Statesman newspaper exchanged blows at the studios of Asempa FM in Accra on Thursday. According to the Asempa FM, this was when tempers flared on certain pronouncements on the recent delegates� conference of the party where major portions of the party�s constitution were amended.Michael Ampong, a stalwart of the party had strong reservations about an article written by Mahama Haruna and published on Ghanaweb and the August 27, 2009 issue of the Ghanaian Lens Newspaper. The article, which became the subject of controversy, alluded to the fact that former President Kufuor and Alan Kyeremanteng sponsored some supporters of the NPP to vote against the amendments of the NPP�s constitution. According to Mahama Haruna, those who lost that vote were not in tune with the pulse of the party. Michael Ampong, on the other hand, replied that Haruna�s assertions were irresponsible. This incensed Mahama Haruna, resulting in a confrontation between the two NPP members, and Haruna therefore threw a blow at Michael Ampong who had then held his shirt. Producers and other staff of Asempa FM had to rush to the studio to stop what had then degenerated into hefty fisticuffs. Prior to the emergency conference of the NPP, there were divided opinions on whether the party had to adopt the then proposed amendments which were ultimately accepted by the delegates.