Upper East Regional Executives of DFP endorses Obed’s Asamoah's return to the NDC

30-07-2011
The Upper East Regional and Constituency Executives of the Democratic Freedom Party (DFP) have taken a swipe at their critics, stating that the party’s intention to merge with the NDC is not out of selfish desire but rather based on the party’s democratic maturity exhibited over the years. To them, the party’s break away from the NDC after the 2005 Congress in Koforidua were based on some unhealthy developments and that measures are being put in place to avert any future occurrence since issues existing between the two parties are being addressed. According to them, NDC since the unfortunate incident has grown and matured in democracy and has outlived such unhealthy incidents. In a release signed by the Regional Secretary of the DFP, Issa Bogobri, the decision by the leadership of the NDC to allow the former first lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings to contest the party’s flagbearership against the sitting President for the first time in the history of the country, speaks volumes of the fact that the NDC is really a democratic party and therefore welcomes its reunification. The party also realizes the matured manner at which the recent NDC congress was conducted describing it as violent free, peaceful and transparent. These, the release indicated attest to the fact that the NDC is truly a social democratic party. Based on the observations made, the regional executives of the party have resolved to support and endorse the decision of their National Leader, Dr. Obed Asamoah and the party’s General Secretary, Mr. Bid Ziedeng to hold talks with the leadership of the NDC towards their reunification. They described the return of their leaders to the NDC as welcome news, though the reunification of the two parties, have generated controversy among certain groups and individuals. The DFP the release further stated cannot continue to harbor their grudges with the NDC since the leadership of the party led by President Mills has proven beyond reasonable doubt that they are indeed tolerant and accommodative of divergent views and opinions of members of the party and members of opposition parties. The regional executives of the party also seized the opportunity to cautioned detractors against utterances capable of causing unhealthy relationship between members of the two parties.
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