{"id":37335,"date":"2023-08-31T08:44:18","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T08:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/?p=37335"},"modified":"2026-07-05T15:18:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T15:18:57","slug":"boakye-agyarko-drops-out-of-the-npp-rematch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/2023\/08\/31\/boakye-agyarko-drops-out-of-the-npp-rematch\/","title":{"rendered":"Boakye\u00a0Agyarko\u00a0drops\u00a0out\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0NPP\u00a0rematch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A flagbearer aspirant of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Boakye Kyeremateng Agyarko, has formally withdrawn from the upcoming run-off election to determine the 5th aspirant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His withdrawal comes after NPP announced that its National Council will constitute an electoral college to break the tie between Mr Agyarko and his competitor Francis Addai Nimoh who were both 5th in the just-ended super delegate conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a press release, Mr Ayarko described it as unconstitutional for the National Council to shortlist a few individuals to represent the 955 individuals who participated in the first round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Citing other legal breaches, Mr Agyarko said the establishment of an electoral college also flouts the party\u2019s constitution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt is totally unacceptable to me that such an unconstitutional act can be perpetuated on the altar of expediency. Am I to surmise that the party did not know the cost implication? It is unconscionable that the rules of the game will be changed midstream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cRules and regulations that are flip-flopped in such a manner is only detrimental to fair play and justice. It is a clear violation of the party\u2019s constitution and the guidelines for the Special Electoral College. It is an unconstitutional act which | cannot allow myself to be associated with,\u201d portions of his statement read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Read full statement below<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2023\/08\/IMG_3016-739x1024.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37336\" style=\"width:366px;height:506px\" width=\"366\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2023\/08\/IMG_3016-739x1024.webp 739w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2023\/08\/IMG_3016-217x300.webp 217w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2023\/08\/IMG_3016-768x1064.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2023\/08\/IMG_3016-750x1039.webp 750w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2023\/08\/IMG_3016-jpeg.webp 948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 366px) 100vw, 366px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2023\/08\/IMG_3017-860x1024.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37337\" style=\"width:379px;height:451px\" width=\"379\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2023\/08\/IMG_3017-860x1024.webp 860w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2023\/08\/IMG_3017-252x300.webp 252w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2023\/08\/IMG_3017-768x915.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2023\/08\/IMG_3017-750x893.webp 750w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2023\/08\/IMG_3017-1140x1358.webp 1140w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2023\/08\/IMG_3017-jpeg.webp 1146w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 379px) 100vw, 379px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"858\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2023\/08\/IMG_3018-858x1024.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2023\/08\/IMG_3018-858x1024.webp 858w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2023\/08\/IMG_3018-251x300.webp 251w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2023\/08\/IMG_3018-768x917.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2023\/08\/IMG_3018-750x895.webp 750w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2023\/08\/IMG_3018-1140x1361.webp 1140w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2023\/08\/IMG_3018-jpeg.webp 1163w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 858px) 100vw, 858px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A flagbearer aspirant of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Boakye Kyeremateng Agyarko, has formally withdrawn from the upcoming run-off election to determine the 5th aspirant. His withdrawal comes after NPP announced that its National Council will constitute an electoral college to break the tie between Mr Agyarko and his competitor Francis Addai Nimoh who were [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":37339,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_post_source_name":"","_post_source_url":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[43,1],"tags":[10501,2622,911,10419,2035,6431,7419,594],"class_list":["post-37335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news","tag-addai-nimo","tag-boakye-agyarko","tag-election","tag-justice","tag-new-patriotic-party-npp","tag-release","tag-the-game","tag-who"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37335"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37340,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37335\/revisions\/37340"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}