NDC Suspends 4 Over Ezanetor, Ashietey

Dr. Ezanetor Rawlings
Four constituency executives of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) have been suspended from participating in the party's vetting process.

The party resumed vetting of its parliamentary aspirants in the Greater Accra and the Volta Regions today ahead of its November 7 primaries.

But four executives of the Klottey Korley constituency had to be excluded for what the party described as a breach of its election guidelines.

According to Joy Fm report, the four executives did not deny supporting some aspirants when questioned. Three were supporting Dr. Ezanetor Rawlings and the women's organizer threw her weight behind the incumbent Member of Parliament, Nii Armah Ashietey.

Some were seen on the platform of the aspirants campaigning for them, constituency chairman, Alhaji Mohammed disclosed.

'They have been excluded from the vetting process for taking side,' he told Joy Fm, adding that one could not be 'a player and referee' in the same game.

About 109 aspirants are expected to be vetted by the committee, comprising regional and national executives of the party, today.

Meanwhile, General Secretary of the NDC, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, said the vetting committee would consider a candidate's suitability when measured against the national constitution and that of the party's.

He said the party would 'put smaller weight' on its own procedures to avoid situations where people try to disadvantage 'ordinary party members.'