Dr Arthur Kennedy, a veteran politician and founding member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has called on the party to sanction former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
Arthur Kennedy noted that if the NPP are in the mood to discipline, then Akufo-Addo should be sanction for the government he led.
Dr Kennedy criticised disciplinary decisions within the party, describing them as selective and lacking due process.
He recounted earlier actions against former party executives Paul Afoko and Kwabena Agyapong adding that they were unjustified and politically motivated.
Dr Kennedy asserted that the fallout from those decisions continues to undermine the party’s cohesion and credibility.
He highlighted that for discipline to be meaningful, it must be applied fairly and without bias across all levels of leadership arguing that the NPP cannot credibly enforce discipline among its members while ignoring the Akufo-Addo administration poor governance.
Speaking on Channel One TV’s Big Issue, Arthur Kennedy stated, “Those filings were not done with due process; they were cooked and manufactured. Afoko and Kwabena Agyapong had done nothing wrong. Their expulsions were vindictive and non-principled, and that is the price we are still paying.
“If we are going to discipline people, then we should discipline people left, right and centre. I want to suggest that if we are in the mood to discipline, then by now we should be calling Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to the carpet for the government he led, no cabinet reshuffle, corruption and arrogance everywhere,” he said.
In related news, Dr Arthur Kennedy has also stated Akufo-Addo needs to be questioned about what he was doing while his ministers and appointees were looting Ghana’s coffers dry.
According to Arthur Kennedy, the sins of Ken Ofori-Atta cannot be talked about without mentioning Akufo-Addo because he was reporting to him.
Speaking on JoyNews’ Newsfile, Dr Arthur Kennedy stated, “We seem to be practising a serial one-party dictatorship that lasts a four or eight-year term. Once that system is over, the other comes and makes noise. Where was parliament when these things were happening? There are a lot of people who have questions to answer.
Remember how a lot of NPP MPs wanted Mr Ken Ofori-Atta removed, and for a whole year, all of them could not get one person removed.
“If we are talking about the sins of Ken Ofori-Atta, he was reporting to somebody. I think that, at some point, we need to be asking the former president (Akufo-Addo) what he was doing while his ministers were looting our coffers. He has a moral responsibility to address some of these sins”.
He further added, “It seems as if, as long as the Akufo-Addo government remained in power, Ken Ofori-Atta was untouchable. We need to move towards a Justice system where, regardless of who is in power, whichever your position is, independent agencies like the OSP can go after people”.