Eugene Boakye Antwi, Member of Parliament (MP) Subin Constituency in the Ashanti Region has said anyone, who has got the balls including President Nana Akufo-Addo, to oust him as MP for the Subin Constituency, emphasizing that it is the people of Subin who elected him and no one else can dethrone him.
In an interview with Joy News, Mr Eugene Boakye Antwi posited that the President has no power to jettison his reelection bid or force him to resign as a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for demanding the removal of Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta.
“God made me an MP. Akufo-Addo did not make me an MP. You understand? God made me an MP! I was elected as Akufo-Addo was elected. So no one should threaten anybody. When you veer into that realm, you even muddy the waters even more. I am not here speaking as Eugene Boakye Antwi. I am here speaking as the representative of the very good people of Subin. So they shouldn’t bring all these threats and what have you.
If you want to unseat me, come to Subin and unseat me. Nobody made me an MP oh. The good people of Subin made me an MP. I contested the primaries like Akufo-Addo contested the primaries to become President…No individual is bigger than the NPP,” he declared an interview with Joy News.
Mr Antwi articulated that as a party, disputes are unavoidable and that their push for Ken Ofori-Atta’s dismissal is in the best interests of the party because it will help Akufo-Addo to leave a good legacy as President.
Eugene Boakye Antwi stressed that “the decision we[ some 95 NPP MPs] have taken as MPs is to ensure that Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, whom I have served loyally and faithfully for two decades, leaves a lasting, befitting legacy for this tradition.”
In October some 80 NPP MPs petitioned the President to dismiss Ken Ofori-Atta for causing a loss of confidence in the Ghanaian economy. The latter increased to 95 and later all the MPs joined in calls for his dismissal.
This has led to assumptions that leaders of this agenda to get Ken Ofori-Atta sacked could lose their seats.
Source: Mynewsgh
