The Minister of State at the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, Osei Bonsu Amoah, has suggested that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has the means to prevent, John Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen from running as an independent candidate in the 2024 presidential election.
According to him, Mr Kyerematen’s decision to contest as an independent candidate violates the party’s constitution and could lead to legal action.
“This is not a subject matter we should waste time to discuss. How can a lawyer put up such an argument on national television? I signed the document when I was in the party. If I leave the party how do you chase me to live by that document? It is hard to comprehend,” he said.
In response, Alan Kyerematen, the leader of the Movement for Change, expressed his readiness to face the NPP in court.
He argued that expecting him to adhere to a document he signed while he was a party member is unreasonable, as he has since resigned from the party.
Mr Kyerematen left the NPP, claiming that the party had been taken over by a select few and had strayed from its democratic principles.