Kwadjo Asante, the Member of Parliament for the Suhum Constituency, revealed that he was kicked off the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Caucus WhatsApp platform as soon as he submitted his nomination to run as an independent candidate in the 2024 parliamentary election.
The Suhum lawmaker, one of four members whose seats were vacated by the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, claimed that he was kicked from the NPP MPs platform by Frank Annoh-Dompreh, the party’s chief whip.
“The moment I filed my documents to contest as independent, they took me off the NPP MPs platform. Annoh-Dompreh, the Chief Whip, took me off but the same person has added me back. That was about two or three days ago,” 3news.com quotes Asante to have said.
Kwadjo Asante said he was eventually added back to the platform, but he didn’t ask why because no one had told him why he had been removed in the first place.
According to him, he had not spoken on the page until there were reports that he was reconsidering his choice to run as an independent. He then emphasized that the rumors were untrue.
“I haven’t spoken since they added me back and when I saw the publication of me rescinding my decision yesterday, I wrote that it was fake when it appeared on the page. It’s about me so I needed to clarify things to them.
“When he took me off he didn’t tell me so I don’t know why he added me back. Maybe my removal was a mistake,” he said.
Additionally, Kwadjo Asante indicated that he was now an MP representing the good people of Suhum and no longer an NPP member. He stated: “If I go to Parliament now, my tenure hasn’t ended. To the best of my knowledge, I’m serving Ghanaians. I’m not an NPP MP, I’m Suhum MP.”
