Ghana: NPP Plan to Boycott John Parliamentary Caucus Many Miss Presidential Inauguration

Newly-elected parliamentarians of the New Patriotic Party stock are in a dilemma. With the party leadership insisting on not conceding defeat to the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) until the Supreme Court had adjudicated on the party's charge of a 'Stolen Verdict,' after the flawed elections of 2012, NPP parliamentarians are considering whether or not to be part of the swearing-in process of President John Dramani Mahama, the very person the party claims to have benefitted from the elections stolen from them.

Yesterday, when Parliament resumed after its long break for the elections, Members of Parliament, owing allegiance to the Elephant family, held a series of meetings on the issue. The Chronicle can report authoritatively that the series of meetings failed to resolve the issue. There appears to be a general consensus among aggrieved members for the NPP MPs to boycott the inauguration of President-elect, John Dramani Mahama.

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