Deputy General Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Haruna Mohammed, has dismissed claims of a conspiracy to change the leadership of the majority caucus in Parliament.
His comment follows rumors suggesting that Majority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu could be replaced by his Deputy, Alexander Afenyo-Markin. Mr. Mohammed asserts that these rumors are false.
Speaking on Joy FM’s Top Story on February 20, he said, “There has not been any plot within the NPP to oust any leader within any of the setup either government or within the party setup or Parliament.”
Earlier on Tuesday, a group of NPP MPs led by First Deputy Speaker Joseph Osei-Owusu warned that they would not accept any changes to the current leadership.
They expressed satisfaction with the work of the current leadership, led by Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu. Addressing concerns raised by Mr. Osei-Owusu, Mr. Mohammed emphasized that nothing in the First Deputy Speaker’s comments indicated a plot to change the leadership.
“When I listened to him, he never agreed that there was a plot. He never said there was a plot that he knows, and I am unable to speak to the fact that he has actually indicated that there is a plot somewhere because his answers were very clear when questions were posed to him,” he added.
I am happy the story has been said to be false. This is because there is no need for any senseless resuffle in the leadership setup within the majority hierarchy in parliament at this moment.