{"id":9703,"date":"2018-07-09T10:26:28","date_gmt":"2018-07-09T10:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=9703"},"modified":"2018-07-09T10:26:28","modified_gmt":"2018-07-09T10:26:28","slug":"ndcs-boycott-of-npp-conference-unacceptable-gyampo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=9703","title":{"rendered":"NDC\u2019s boycott of NPP conference unacceptable \u2013 Gyampo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The National Democratic Congress\u2019 (NDC) boycott of the New Patriotic\u00a0Party\u2019s (NPP) National Delegate\u2019s Conference has been condemned by Ransford Gyampo, a Political Science Lecturer at the\u00a0University of Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the boycott is against the inter-party dialogue and friendship that has been built over time.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking toCiti News<strong>,\u00a0<\/strong>he stated that all the reasons the NDC submitted for boycotting the National Delegate\u2019s Conference are unacceptable irrespective of their explanation.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI want to take serious issue with the NDC\u2019s boycott of the event, which in my view, is unprecedented and absolutely unacceptable, and it is something we should all condemn. They may have received the invitation late, they may be mourning the late former Vice President, they may have issues with the current administration but these cannot justify what they did,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Professor however called on the NPP not to repeat the actions of the NDC noting that such an act is a bogus practice that should not be emulated by any political party.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI am on the NPP that this is not a good example worth emulating. In future, when they are also in opposition or not even in opposition, the next time they hear the NDC is also organizing a congress, they should not pay them back in their own coin. It\u201d he added.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The National Democratic Congress (NDC)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/2018\/07\/09\/ndc-boycotted-npp-conference-over-ec-nia-issues-agbenyo\/\"><strong>boycotted<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0the New Patriotic Party\u2019s (NPP) National Delegate\u2019s Conference in Koforidua partly due to some decisions of President Nana Akufo-Addo which they consider a threat to democracy.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-419033 disappear mom_appear\" src=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NPP-conference-70.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NPP-conference-70.jpg 800w, https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NPP-conference-70-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NPP-conference-70-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NPP-conference-70-765x510.jpg 765w\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>According to the Communications Officer of the NDC, Fred Agbenyo, the removal of Charlotte Osei as the Electoral Commision (EC) Chairperson and the decision to disallow the use of the Voters ID Card for the Ghana card registration exercise, shows that the NPP government is one that must not be solidarized with.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013<\/p>\n<p>By: Citinewsroom.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Democratic Congress\u2019 (NDC) boycott of the New Patriotic\u00a0Party\u2019s (NPP) National Delegate\u2019s Conference has been condemned by Ransford Gyampo, a Political Science Lecturer at the\u00a0University of Ghana. According to him, the boycott is against the inter-party dialogue and friendship that has been built over time. 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