First National Vice Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dankwa Smith Butey known as Chairman Butey is of the view that any of the National Executives of the party who will contest to lead is doing so because of their parochial interest and not that of the political party.
He explains that all the national executives failed at the job they were given by the party folks and do not deserve another term in office.
“I believe we have to sack all the national executives, myself inclusive. We have failed so what do we want again? We were given 137 seats to protect and add more but what did we do? We reduced our seats to 88.
He continued “ he need fresh people to take over the administration of the party. The party belongs to all of us and we need to put it first before our selfish interests. We took the party with 137 seats and brought it to 88 and we are not ashamed. We want to contest again with this results? You think we are not smart people?”
Any national executive who is thinking of contesting for any position again is contesting not because of the party but because of their pockets. They don’t want the party to progress because if they love the party, they will not contest for any position again.
They claim Akufo-Addo made us lose but as National Executives when Akufo-Addo was doing the things that made us lose, what did you tell him? You were silent and after what he did affected the party you come and blame him? The executives must accept that they made the NPP lose the election. We brought the party to power so if the person who was leading was going wayward and we could not whip him in line, then what kind of leaders are we? Please NPP members, vote against any National executive who will contest for any position,” he told Sompa FM in Accra.
