Wontumi acted within NPP election rules, not against party leadership – Campaign Secretariat

The Campaign Secretariat of Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, has defended his decision to swear in some newly elected constituency executives, insisting that he acted in accordance with the party's election guidelines and not in defiance of the national leadership.

It further argued that although the National Steering Committee has supervisory responsibilities over the electoral process, decisions of such significance should be based on clear constitutional authority, established facts and procedural fairness.

The statement, however, questioned the constitutional and legal basis for the National Steering Committee's decision to annul the results of constituency elections in parts of the Ashanti Region.