FIVE OUT of 16 Brong-Ahafo Regional executives of the Progressive People's Party (PPP) have been sacked for non-performance.
They are the chairman, Seth Gornor; vice chairman, Prince Adumatta; treasurer, Clement Kadaa; assistant secretary, Victor Amoako and the secretary, who is affected posthumously.
Twenty-nine constituency chairmen in the region met at the regional headquarters of the party yesterday to pass the vote of no confidence in the executives.
However, it was only the regional chairman, Seth Gornor, who was present when the decision was taken.
A drama however, unfolded after the decision was taken when the 2016 parliamentary candidate of the party for Sunyani West, Vivian Tetteh, arrived, knelt down and broke into tears before the constituency chairmen, pleading with them to rescind their decision.
Reading their charges to them, the Berekum East chairman, Charles Boahen, said the executives had not performed up to expectation since they were voted into power, especially the chairman, who is also a bank manager.
According to him, Seth would not pick calls whenever any of the constituency chairmen called him. In addition, since he was ushered into office, neither he nor any of the executives had ever visited any of the constituencies to find out how the constituents are strategising towards the 2016 elections.
More so, Seth said, the regional chairman, prior to the party's national delegates' congress at Takoradi in the Western Region, did not know how members managed to attend the event. These, among other reasons, made them believe that the executives could not do the work.
To this effect, letters relating to the vote of no confidence had already been sent to the national executives, copied to the 2012 flag bearer, Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom.
Responding, the deposed chairman asked for dialogue and clemency saying because of his job as a bank manager, he has little time to respond to their calls. He blamed them for not channeling their messages through his vice or the organizer. According to him, he spends his own pocket money on party activities, especially fuelling party vehicles, so members should consider that and rescind their decision.
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