{"id":448896,"date":"2017-12-21T06:41:14","date_gmt":"2017-12-21T06:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/21\/npp-amendment-procedure-unconstitutional-and-a-disgrace-dr-amoako-baah\/"},"modified":"2017-12-21T06:41:14","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T06:41:14","slug":"npp-amendment-procedure-unconstitutional-and-a-disgrace-dr-amoako-baah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/21\/npp-amendment-procedure-unconstitutional-and-a-disgrace-dr-amoako-baah\/","title":{"rendered":"NPP amendment procedure \u2018unconstitutional\u2019 and a disgrace \u2013 Dr Amoako Baah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Politics of Thursday, 21 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Mynewsgh.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-21<\/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\/69093094.295.jpg\" alt=\"Amoako Baah Fffff\" title=\"Amoako Baah Fffff\" width=\"295\" height=\"204\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Dr Richard Amoako Baah, a Political Science Lecturer , KNUST<\/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=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1513838474_52_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> A member of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has described the party\u2019s just ended constitutional amendment procedure as \u2018unconstitutional\u2019 and a disgrace to its leadership.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must all agree it was not done in accordance with the provisions of the constitution\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Richard Amoako Baah, a Political Science Lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) told Hello Fm in Kumasi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe constitution of the NPP clearly states that, during a constitutional amendment of the party, delegates shall cast their votes with the two-thirds majority of the total vote cast to be able to make a change to the constitution. Not just a simple majority vote\u201d, he indicated.<\/p>\n<p>In his argument, Dr Amoako Baah argued that the procedure which his party adopted in determining the majority was constitutionally unacceptable.<\/p>\n<p>At the congress, delegates cast their votes by Yes or No responds. With this many have said it was not proper and not in tune with modern trends.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can only determine a two thirds majority when you have been able to count the total number of votes. That is the only way to do so. Therefore the manner in which we did it was unconstitutional\u201d. Dr. Amoako  Baah said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven a magician can\u2019t determine two third of a voice vote\u201d He stressed<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Baah, who is also aspiring for the position of National Chairman, indicated that his assertion is not to attack a particular group of people in the party but to let his people know they did the wrong thing.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AvWtqy-Eb9A\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>At the conference last Sunday at the Heroes Park in Kumasi, Dr. Baah was seen on the podium trying to contest some of the decisions taken but the moderators did not give him the chance.<\/p>\n<p>He later confirmed President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo at a point signaled him to do so yet his own people disrespected the president and never offered him the opportunity.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B-k5hzTWCeE\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 24 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 Thursday, 21 December 2017 Source: Mynewsgh.com 2017-12-21 Dr Richard Amoako Baah, a Political Science Lecturer , KNUST A member of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has described the party\u2019s just ended constitutional amendment procedure as \u2018unconstitutional\u2019 and a disgrace to its leadership. \u201cWe must all agree it was not done in accordance [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":448564,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-448896","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 - 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