New Patriotic Party National Organiser, Lord Commey, says he owes no one any apologies in his alleged role in the fracas that attended the party’s Delegates Congress at the University of Ghana on Saturday.
Voting to elect a presidential candidate for Election 2008, was suspended for over an hour after the party executive officer was alleged to have raised a false alarm of vote buying.
He had accused another high ranking member of the party, Paul Afoko, Finance Committee member who is known to have supported Alan Kyerematen’s campaign, of dishing out money in to influence delegates.
The allegation, made on the podium of the congress, led to some scuffles, following which both the party Chairman, Mr. Peter Mac Manu and the Chief of Staff, Mr. Kwadwo Mpiani described his action as irresponsible.
Mr. Mpiani told Joy FM that if there was no truth in the allegation, then Lord Commey should have been made to apologise to the entire congress, and recommended also that if it was true, then Paul Afoko should be arrested.
Mr. Mac Manu also said he had reported the incident to the police for investigations.
But speaking to Joy News on Sunday morning, Lord Commey said there was nothing untoward about his statement.
“First of all you should understand that this is a polling station and that is why we have two faces of this programme. The first phase is where we party executives are in control, the second phase is where the Electoral Commission is in control and so I expect that when the Electoral Commission takes over a process like this, they will really play by the rules.
“When they take control, it means that I lose my position as a national executive of this party and I behave as a delegate, I behave as a voter and that is exactly what I did. I thought that there were certain things going on within the hall which is uncalled for so I had to call their attention. I have no apologies at all of what I did. If you ask me today, I will repeat it.”
Lord Commey told Joy News’ Evans Mensah that for those who found the manner he chose to express his objection to what was an obvious wrong as unfortunate, they should be reminded that he has a unique way of reacting to situations and so none should expect him to act the way they would have acted.
He said while some would have chosen to write quietly about the situation, and others would alert party executives also on the quiet, he chose to call everybody’s attention to the incident and felt the manner he chose to register his disapproval was most effective.
He said it was effective because immediately he registered his vote, the officers quickly halted the process for a while and went to correct the situation.
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