{"id":447924,"date":"2017-12-17T15:42:02","date_gmt":"2017-12-17T15:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/17\/controversial-npp-constitutional-amendment-proposals-withdrawn\/"},"modified":"2017-12-17T15:42:02","modified_gmt":"2017-12-17T15:42:02","slug":"controversial-npp-constitutional-amendment-proposals-withdrawn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/17\/controversial-npp-constitutional-amendment-proposals-withdrawn\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Controversial\u2019 NPP constitutional amendment proposals withdrawn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Politics of Sunday, 17 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>citifmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-17<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/44968443.295.jpg\" alt=\"NADAA SpeechKumasi\" title=\"NADAA SpeechKumasi\" width=\"295\" height=\"166\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>President Nana Akufo-Addo<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1513525322_665_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Three \u2018controversial\u2019 proposals submitted for amendment in the governing New Patriotic Party\u2019s (NPP) constitution have been withdrawn.<\/p>\n<p>This follows an appeal by president Akufo-Addo in an address at the party\u2019s extraordinary delegates\u2019 conference ongoing in the Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi.<\/p>\n<p>President Akufo-Addo while addressing the thousands of delegates gathered from various parts of the country and the party\u2019s branches in other countries, said some of the proposed amendments \u201cwill be a disaster\u201d if adopted. His remark caused the majority leader, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu to withdraw two of the parliamentary group\u2019s proposals.<\/p>\n<p>The proposals are;<\/p>\n<p>1. For Members of Parliament to appoint constituency executives and<\/p>\n<p>2. For party members with dual citizenship to be disqualified from contesting for any party position<\/p>\n<p>3. For the flagbearer of the party to be considered as the leader of the party<\/p>\n<p><b><\/b>Disagreement over amendments<\/p>\n<p>There had been some disagreements over some of the proposals after they were made through an 11-member committee, chaired by First Vice Chairman, F.F. Antoh.<\/p>\n<p>The NPP-USA branch for instance kicked against the proposal to disqualify persons with dual citizenship from contesting any party position.<\/p>\n<p>In a strong-worded statement, it accused some persons in the party of hijacking the constitutional review process.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the acting National Chairman of the NPP, Freddie Blay, has called on delegates to ensure that they resolve any lingering issues they might have before they leave the Conference.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Blay said the NPP can take a step closer to retaining power in the 2020 general elections if the Conference is conducted in a peaceful manner.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oo0ACVVk2To\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ipMeX7dtwlQ\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-vX7gsjqvyw\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: -1 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Politics of Sunday, 17 December 2017 Source: citifmonline.com 2017-12-17 President Nana Akufo-Addo Three \u2018controversial\u2019 proposals submitted for amendment in the governing New Patriotic Party\u2019s (NPP) constitution have been withdrawn. This follows an appeal by president Akufo-Addo in an address at the party\u2019s extraordinary delegates\u2019 conference ongoing in the Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi. President Akufo-Addo while [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":447925,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-447924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u2018Controversial\u2019 NPP constitutional amendment proposals withdrawn - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/17\/controversial-npp-constitutional-amendment-proposals-withdrawn\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"\u2018Controversial\u2019 NPP constitutional amendment proposals withdrawn - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Politics of Sunday, 17 December 2017 Source: citifmonline.com 2017-12-17 President Nana Akufo-Addo Three \u2018controversial\u2019 proposals submitted for amendment in the governing New Patriotic Party\u2019s (NPP) constitution have been withdrawn. 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