THE EASTERN Regional Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Bismark Tawiah Boateng, has condemned the confrontational actions of so-called foot soldiers of the party for the removal of regional ministers and municipal/district chief executives.
He also expressed his displeasure with the foot soldiers’ use of force to take over toilets, toll booths and offices of the National Health Insurance Scheme in the country.
According to him, such a confrontational approach, if not stopped, would one day lead to a broadcast by the foot soldiers that they had dismissed President John Evans Atta Mills from office.
In a strongly worded statement issued in Koforidua Mr Boateng said the confrontational approach of the foot soldiers had the backing of some high-ranking members of the party and that it would impact negatively on the party’s campaign towards the 2012 elections.
“We know for a fact that the so-called foot soldiers have the backing of some high-ranking members of the party and the earlier they desist from their nefarious activities, the better it will be for the party. They must also know that in their bid to encourage the foot soldiers to wage war against their own party, they are buying weapons for our opponents whose nozzles will surely be turned on us in the 2012 campaign,” he stated.
The regional organiser said it had taken years to build the NDC into a formidable political force and that it was easier to destroy or demolish it, adding that the party could not be rebuilt within the period left for the 2012 elections if it was destroyed.
According to him, since the so-called foot soldiers were not aware of the operating document or the NDC Constitution, and since the country’s constitution frowned on negative activities by any association or individual, such confrontational actions must be stopped forthwith.
“It is nauseating to hear foot soldiers forcibly taking over toilets, NHIS offices, toll booths and agitating for the removal of regional and municipal/district chief executives,” he said.
Mr Boateng stated that the action of the foot soldiers in forcibly taking over the Adomi Bridge Toll Booth had generated a lot of friction among the Asuogyaman District Assembly, the district security command and the mandated toll collectors and blamed some of the co-ordinators of the National Disaster Management Organisation and the National Youth Employment Programme for such unfortunate incidents.
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