The opposition New Patriotic Occasion (NPP) has ordered its US department to droop all election actions pending a authorized evaluation of the occasion’s inside voting guidelines.
The occasion stated in a letter dated Might 31 signed by Basic Secretary Justin Frimpong Koduah that it acted on a Might 28 memorandum from the NPP-USA chapter. The memorandum challenges features of the permitted pointers for exterior department elections.
The Nationwide Secretariat stated it could refer the matter to the Structure and Authorized Affairs Committee for consideration and recommendation, consistent with the occasion’s structure, and would later talk the committee’s findings. The U.S. department was ordered to droop all marketing campaign actions “till additional discover.”
The transfer follows weeks of friction over revised pointers permitted April 8 by the Nationwide Govt Committee. NPP-USA members argue that this provision strips many members in good standing of their voting rights and weakens their eligibility to run for workplace, and the chapter lately voted to carry the 2026 election as an alternative beneath its personal bylaws.
The standoff is indicative of rising tensions between the Accra occasion management and its diaspora branches because the NPP prepares to rebuild after its 2024 election defeat and for an inside battle in 2028.
