The new Minority Leader, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson has urged members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to remain calm following the changes in the leadership of the minority caucus of parliament.
According to him, the new leadership is capable of leading the affairs of parliament and will do a great job in the larger interest of the party and the nation.
Tension has grown among members in the House and the party on the back of the changes made by the National Chairman, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah.
According to reports some 44 minority MPs believe the decision by the party is unfair and unpopular and has signed a petition to reject same.
“I will appeal to the rank and file of our great NDC party to keep calm, members of parliament are in good hands, we will work with them with due diligence. Obviously, we are not new in this House. I have been in this House for 14 years. I know the capabilities of all our colleagues, some I met, some came to meet me. I have worked closely with most of our colleagues and I can assure you that together we shall succeed,” he told Journalists in parliament.
He, therefore, pledged to represent the collective goals of his party with “unwavering dedication and high integrity.”
However, some party members in the Asawase constituency of the Ashanti region took to the streets and the Ashanti Regional headquarters to express their displeasure with the change in parliament.
They indicated that if the Haruna-led leadership is not restored, members in the constituency would not partake in the 2024 elections.
Meanwhile, a meeting has been scheduled for Thursday 26, 2023 between leadership and party executives at the party headquarters to settle the disagreement and the seeming cracks following the reshuffle.
