Friday, July 25, 2008

WA WESST NDC DENIES DEFECTION STORY (PAGE 17)

THE Wa West Constituency branch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has denied that the entire constituency executive has defected to the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
In a statement to the media, it accused a former interim chairman of the party, Mr Seidu Jaladeen, who had now joined the NPP, of stage-managing those "defections" to destabilise the NDC.
"Mr Jaladeen has a history of jumping from party to party. It is, therefore, no news if he again says he has defected to the elephant party in Wa West, since that is the beauty of democracy," the statement added.
It, therefore, urged its members and supporters not to panic but remain calm, since the alleged defection was totally false.
"Our members should treat it with the contempt it deserves, as it is a fabricated ploy to cause disaffection among the rank and file of our great party," the statement, signed by the constituency Secretary, Iddrisu Abdulai, said.
According to the statement, since August 20, 2005 when the constituency held its maiden delegates conference and elected its executive, no single member had defected.
The statement wished Mr Jaladeen well in his position as the campaign manager of the NPP parliamentary aspirant for Wa West, Mr Daniel Dari.

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