NDC REACTS TO FORMATION OF NEW PARTY IN BA (PAGE 13, SEPT 17, 2010)

THE Brong Ahafo Regional Secretariat of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has berated the founder of a new political party, Mr Raphael Cubagee, for capitalising on challenges facing the NDC to seek attention for his personal interest.
The Regional NDC Secretariat described the purported founding of the Real Democratic Patriot Party (RDPP) by Mr Cubagee as, ‘‘Simply a mischief’’.
The secretariat was reacting to the purported formation of the new political party, from the NDC in the region.
A press release signed by the Brong Ahafo Regional Secretary of the NDC, Mr Justice Samuel Adjei, recalled that the said Cubagee went on air about a month ago, announcing his resignation from the NDC.
The release explained that, ‘‘As we in the NDC did not take radio announcement as an official position, we invited him formally to present his problems to us for redress. It was followed up with a reminder but all these things were to no avail’’.
According to the Regional Secretary of the NDC, every political organisation, including the NDC, was there to solve problems, adding that, ‘‘The founders of our party foresaw this and created avenues from constituency level to the highest echelons of the party, to deal with problems as they emerge’’.
The release emphasised that, it would be ‘‘hypocritical and naïve’’ if the party pretended that there were no challenges in the NDC, but noted that, because of the respect for each member, ‘‘We use the structures as stipulated by the party constitution’’
It declared, ‘‘We wish to ask our party supporters that the structures are capable of meeting the challenges.
Mr Adjei further appealed to members of the NDC to be focussed, stressing, ‘‘We refuse to be distracted because we know the track record of Raphael Cubagee and soon we shall expose his plans in detail’’.
Already, the National Co-ordinator of the RDPP, Mr Cubagee, aka Shamo Quaye, had insisted that, the newly formed political movement would make an impact on the country’s political landscape.
He said plans were far advanced to get the party, whose founding members were people who believed in the ideologies of former President J.J. Rawlings, registered at the Electoral Commission.