The suspended second Vice Chairman of the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Sammy Crabbe, has vowed to fight his suspension at the Supreme Court if the High Court’s verdict on his suit against the NPP does not go in his favour.
Mr Crabbe was suspended by the NPP’s National Executive Committee late last year after he failed to appear before the Disciplinary Committee of the party to answer misconduct charges levelled against him by two members. He was suspended along with General Secretary Kwabena Agyepong. Their punishment followed a similar punishment handed down to Chairman Paul Afoko.
Mr Crabbe is challenging his suspension and wants the Accra High Court to declare it unconstitutional.
Lawyers of the NPP have concluded their cross-examination of key witness, Mr Afoko, and the court has set 2 June to give its verdict.
Speaking to Class News’ Nabil Ahmed Rufai, Mr Crabbe said he will pursue the case until he gets the desired result.
“We must move our democracy forward and I will fight for this. I will fight through an appeal, I will fight to the Supreme Court, I will fight till I can fight no more so that one day when we look back and we see the New Patriotic Party crumble as a result of these sycophants, people will remember that I did stand up against those actions.
“I don’t believe that undermining an institution can make you any stronger…some people may not like me, I also may not like some people but I don’t think that is what the constitution envisaged. I think our constitution looked at people from diverse backgrounds who may not necessarily like each other, but can work for one purpose or in tandem and that is what it tries to actually do. When I say I am going to fight, I am going to make sure that this constitution is not allowed to be thrown into the gutter; if it is, there would be chaos.,” Mr Crabbe added.
Mr Crabbe was suspended by the NPP’s National Executive Committee late last year after he failed to appear before the Disciplinary Committee of the party to answer misconduct charges levelled against him by two members. He was suspended along with General Secretary Kwabena Agyepong. Their punishment followed a similar punishment handed down to Chairman Paul Afoko.
Mr Crabbe is challenging his suspension and wants the Accra High Court to declare it unconstitutional.
Lawyers of the NPP have concluded their cross-examination of key witness, Mr Afoko, and the court has set 2 June to give its verdict.
Speaking to Class News’ Nabil Ahmed Rufai, Mr Crabbe said he will pursue the case until he gets the desired result.
“We must move our democracy forward and I will fight for this. I will fight through an appeal, I will fight to the Supreme Court, I will fight till I can fight no more so that one day when we look back and we see the New Patriotic Party crumble as a result of these sycophants, people will remember that I did stand up against those actions.
“I don’t believe that undermining an institution can make you any stronger…some people may not like me, I also may not like some people but I don’t think that is what the constitution envisaged. I think our constitution looked at people from diverse backgrounds who may not necessarily like each other, but can work for one purpose or in tandem and that is what it tries to actually do. When I say I am going to fight, I am going to make sure that this constitution is not allowed to be thrown into the gutter; if it is, there would be chaos.,” Mr Crabbe added.
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