The newly rebranded United Party, led by Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen, has dismissed suggestions that former members who broke away from the New Patriotic Party (NPP) could be granted “amnesty” to return.
Speaking at a party gathering, the National Chairman of the United Party, former Madina MP Boniface Siddique, firmly rejected the idea, stating that those who were expelled from the NPP had done nothing wrong to warrant forgiveness.
“We were sacked from the NPP, but now they want to grant us amnesty? We will not go back,” he declared, drawing loud applause from party supporters.
He questioned the basis of the NPP’s supposed offer of amnesty, insisting that their expulsion was politically motivated rather than disciplinary.
“What crime did our leader commit? What crime did I commit in the NPP for you to sack me? And today you are telling me you are giving me amnesty? No way,” he added.
Using an analogy rooted in Islamic tradition, Mr. Siddique stressed that the split between the two parties was irreversible.
“When you divorce a woman three times in Islam, she’s no longer your wife, not now, not ever,” he said, to further cheers from the audience.
Alan Kyerematen, a former Minister for Trade and Industry, resigned from the NPP in 2023, citing unfair treatment and internal divisions.
He subsequently launched the Movement for Change, which has now been rebranded as the United Party, symbolising what he calls a “new political beginning” for Ghana beyond the traditional two-party structure.
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