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The General Secretary of the opposition New Patriotic Party [NPP], Kwabena Agyapong, has said Lawyer Philip Addison has no right to determine when elections should be held in the NPP.

“He [Lawyer Addison] cannot determine elections. He is just to file for nomination and campaign. Then the election committee will fix a date for all aspirants,” he said. 

Kwabena Agyapong made this assertion after Lawyer Philip Addison, who lost in his bid to become the NPP’s 2016 Parliamentary candidate for the Korle Klottey Constituency in the Greater Accra Region accused the party national chairman, Paul Afoko and general secretary, Kwabena Agyapong of election malpractice.

Lawyer Addison on NEAT FM described the elections as a “sham” and “shameful”; adding that the duo – “had already arranged for the winner of the election before the election day which was not even set. It was a one sided elections. It’s very shameful. The election was to come off on August 8, 2015”.

Speaking on NEAT FM’s morning show "Ghana Montie", Kwabena Agyapong affectionately called in politics as “General 1” noted that the Accra-based lawyer's claims are baseless.

He told host Kwesi Aboagye that; several dates was set for the primaries but was void due to court issues – “So if the court says we can vote, then it is only right for us to organize the elections at any time. The constituency executives agreed on the date before we held the elections so I don’t know why people are saying there was no consultations. They should read the guideline of the process”.

“Everything was followed according to the letter. I will plead with them to bring unity into the party,” he advised.