MP for Tamale Central, Murtala Mohammed has strongly criticised the leadership of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for unilaterally taking a decision to change its leadership in Parliament.
The party in a statement on Tuesday announced sudden changes in its leadership in Parliament which saw Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu replaced by Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson.
But some Members of Parliament are not happy about the move, questioning why the party would make such critical changes without consulting the leadership in Parliament.
The lawmaker for Tamale Central felt the changes are wrong, tantamount to swapping experienced hands with less experienced ones.
“They are only taking away the most experienced leaders and bringing the less experienced ones. Nobody told them we are dissatisfied with the leadership.
“Who told them we are unhappy with their performance?”, the disgruntled lawmaker averred on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen few hours after the new broke.
Ellembelle MP, Kofi Armah Boah will replace James Klutse Avedzi as Deputy Minority Leader.
MP for Adaklu Kwame Agbodza becomes the new Minority Chief Whip. The current Deputy Minority Whips – Banda MP, Ahmed Ibrahim and Ada legislator, Comfort Doyoe Ghansah – remain maintained their positions.
Murtala Mohammed said the action taken by the party is undemocratic.
“What they should have done is to consult us and all the literature that I have read, usually they will propose to a parliamentary caucus and the caucus will take a decision.
“Did they consult the leadership or caucus? So it looks as if they are being hounded out…I have no doubt about the quality of leadership we have now…For any reason, would it not be appropriate to consult us?” he quizzed.
The aggrieved MP stressed that such a decision should have been left for the Minority caucus to decide since they are the best to evaluate the performance of the leadership.
He also questioned why the party made changes to the leadership and left only two MPs to remain leaders.
The Tamale Central MP believes the timing of the decision by the party’s hierarchy is ‘wrong’.
“The timing is completely wrong. What is the basis of changing our parliamentary leadership?”, Murtala Mohammed decried.
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