THE New Patriotic Party (NPP) has initiated a process to expel renowned heart surgeon and former Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, from the party.
The party stated that its hierarchy has taken due notice of comments made by Professor Frimpong-Boateng during an interview on Channel One TV on Monday, in which he described the party as a “fake party” and further stated that he no longer considered himself a member of the NPP.
In a press statement issued on Tuesday and signed by the General Secretary of the NPP, Mr Justin Kodua Frimpong, it was noted that in the same interview, Professor Frimpong-Boateng made additional disparaging remarks.
The former minister alleged, among other things, that the party’s 2023 Presidential Primary was rigged in favour of Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, the NPP’s presidential candidate for the 2024 general election.
“The party unequivocally rejects Professor Frimpong-Boateng’s unfortunate characterisation of the NPP and firmly denies his baseless and unsubstantiated allegations regarding the conduct of the 2023 Presidential Primary. The said primary has been widely acknowledged by all candidates who participated, as well as by well-meaning members of the party, as having been conducted in a free, fair, transparent, and credible manner, faithfully reflecting the will of party delegates,” the statement explained.
The statement further indicated that the NPP views the conduct and utterances of Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng as highly reprehensible and inimical to the values, unity, and integrity of the party.
It added that, consequently, the party had invoked the relevant provisions of its constitution to commence the necessary processes to expel him, strictly in accordance with due process.
BY BERNARD BENGHAN
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