The Member of Parliament for Okaikwei Central, Patrick Yaw Boamah, has dismissed suggestions that he is positioning himself to become the next Minority Leader, insisting that such claims are unfounded and misrepresent internal party dynamics.
He clarified during an interview on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen. Mr Boamah stressed that his long-standing relationship with the outgoing Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, made the rumours even more misleading.
“There is nobody in Parliament who knows Afenyo-Markin more than I do. We’ve been friends for years and we’re still very close. We share ideas all the time,” he said.
He recalled defending Afenyo-Markin during attempts to remove him, noting that the party has been nurturing emerging leaders and had no reason to replace him prematurely.
“I was one of the people who defended him when some individuals tried to unseat him. We are grooming young leaders in the party, so there was no need to change him.
“At that point, he hadn’t even served a full year as Majority Leader before we lost the election,” he explained.
Boamah dismissed the idea that he was lobbying for the Minority Leader role, emphasizing that unity within the party depended on keeping internal conversations private.
“I’m not interested in the Minority Leader position. We need to be strategic. What we discuss internally shouldn’t be discussed outside. It doesn’t help unity,” he said.
