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Evans Osei Yeboah, Eastern Regional Communications Director
The leadership of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Eastern Region has directed its grassroots communicators to religiously adhere to explicit directives from the National Executives, forbidding party executives and government appointees from endorsing parliamentary and presidential hopefuls.
A statement released by the regional Communications Director, Evans Osei Yeboah, admonished communicators to restrict their contributions within the media space to issues that engender unity.
He said the communicators should spend quality time on propagating the ‘unparalleled achievements’ of the NPP government rather than fueling internal wrangling that caused deep divisions within the rank and file of the party leading to the “catastrophic defeat” of the NPP in the 2008 general elections.
Caution
Portions of the statement cautioned the communicators to desist from the practice of calling into radio/TV programmes to show their biases for or against a parliamentary or presidential hopeful.
“Any act within the media space, plain or obscure, direct or indirect, that seeks to advance the interest or make known the intentions or broadcast the message of a parliamentary or presidential hopeful shall be deemed as an affront to the directives of the National Executives and crass violation of Articles 2(3) and 2(4) of the Party’s Constitution which border on Code of Conduct,” portions of the statement said.
Mr Yeboah further indicated that issues bordering on the party’s internal elections, both parliamentary and presidential primaries, will come up for discussion in the media adding that the regional leadership was confident that the communicators will commit themselves to work with these directives to promote peace, tranquility and unity in the party.