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Three National Executive members of the EGLE Party, Alhaji Alhasan Bene, National Chairman, Mr Jacob Letsyor, First National Vice-Chairman, and Ms Cecilia Akwertey, National Women�s Organiser, have resigned from the party and joined to the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC). The three described their action as "official homecoming" to strengthen the NDC's hold on political power and assume mainstream political role within the ruling party, Alhaji Bene said on behalf of the group at a press conference in Accra last Friday. The press conference which was organised by was attended by some supporters of EGLE and NDC the three to announce their resignation and defection to the ruling party. He said as leading political personalities in the country, "we must continue to play active roles in shaping the democratic destiny of Ghana.� He said through the EGLE Party �we have served the nation and the NDC behind the scenes but now is the time to move to the front row". "We want to officially join forces with our brothers and sisters in the NDC to strengthen the structures of the party into a formidable and viable political machinery with better prospects for winning the 2012 general election," he said. He said most members of the EGLE Party were tired of being attached to the apron strings of the NDC that used them for election purposes and thereafter, abandoned them. Alhaji Bene reminded members of the party that the principles that led to the formation of EGLE in 1992 were no longer tenable "we must therefore come home and work assiduously towards strengthening the NDC to maintain power in Election 2012�. Meanwhile, the Egle Party will hold a special two-day brainstorming conference to discuss the internal and external political relations of the party, prospects for the future and adopt measures to reactivate its structures.