Deputy Communications Director for the Movement for Change, Ebo Buckman, has criticized the New Patriotic Party (NPP), saying the party “will use you and dump you.”
He made the comment while reacting to the NPP’s decision to grant a general amnesty to all suspended members and those with pending disciplinary cases.
In a statement released on August 16 and signed by the Acting National Chairman, Mr. Danquah Smith Buttey, the NPP said the decision was made during an emergency National Council meeting held on July 25. The move, according to the party, is aimed at promoting unity and reconciliation.
However, the decision has not been received well by many within the party’s rank and file.
Speaking on Noon Target on Bullet TV, Ebo Buckman cited the treatment meted out to Movement for Change leader Alan Kyerematen when he was a member of the NPP in the past.
“NPP is not a party that when you leave, you go back. They will use you and after that, they will dump you. They did the same thing to Mr. Alan Kyerematen and Kwabena Agyapong. Prior to the 2020 election, they called him ‘come on board’ and when they won the election, they said they were going to give him a political appointment. Did they give him one?”
Buckman also questioned the authenticity of the amnesty, saying: “What they are doing is not a genuine reconciliation gesture. They just want people to use for power, and after that, they will dump them.”
He also revealed that the Movement for Change will soon form a political party that will serve as a third force and uphold the values that originally drew them to the NPP.
“Very soon, we’re going to come up with a political party. That party will stick to the values and principles that some of us followed in 1992 when we joined the NPP,” he added.
