Some supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) who go by the name �Concerned Supporters of Nsuta-Kwamang-Beposo constituency� are calling on the National Chairman of the party, Mr Peter Mac Manu to reconsider one of the Articles in the amended constitution of the party, which states that defected members of the party should reapply before they are reinstated in the party.
According to them, Article 3, section (iv) and (v) need clarification as to when it could be applied, because of the fact that some of the party members who defected to join the independent candidate during the 2008 general elections were being prevented from registering at the various polling stations in the ongoing re-organisation of the party at the Nsuta-Kwamang Beposo constituency.
In a press statement issued in Kumasi last Wednesday and signed by Mr Kwabena Owusu, the spokesman for the group, he said the amendments would have a dangerous repercussion on the party, since the provision never attempted to solve the reason why some of the strong supporters deserted the party and contested as independent candidates.
According to the group, Article 3 section (iv) � states that �a member who stands as independent candidate or supports an independent candidate against the party�s sponsored candidate automatically forfeits his or her membership. (This is in addition to sanction on a member joining or declaring for another party).
It also cited that if such amendment is implemented it means that the likes of Mr Osei Wusu, who contested as an independent candidate at Bekwa and won the seat with about 38,000 votes must apply together with the about 38,000 supporters to join the party, in sequence with the Article 3(v), which states that: �a member who ceases to be a member should re-apply through writing for membership of the party�.
According to them, some prominent members who were dejected and contested as independent candidates did so because of the fact that the party�s executives imposed persons who lad lost favour with the electorate.
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