Out of respect, NDC should have engaged Haruna, others before removal – Abdulai

Out of respect, the leadership of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) should have consulted Haruna Iddrisu and the rest of the Minority leadership prior to the announcement of their removal, a private legal practitioner Justice Abdulai has said. 

Justice Abdulai said although it was not mandatory for the party to engage them prior to their removal, consulting the affected leaders would have been a better approach rather than just surprising them with the announcement and imposing oters on them.

Speaking in an interview with TV3’s Roland Walker on the Big Issue on Wednesday, January 25, Justice Abdulai who is also a law lecturer at the University of Professional Studies, Accra explained that the Members of Parliament are individuals who probably did not even know each other until they met in Parliament even though they belong to the same political party.

He likened them to footballers.

“You assemble footballers from all around the world, you do not consult them before you appoint a coach, you don’t need their consent before you appoint a coach for them, but it is just sometimes out of goodwill and sometimes out of curiosity or good management practices to find their views as to any possible changes, either in the coaching style or the technical bench in general, just to know their views as to who they believe they could easily work with. But it is not a mandatory requirement to find out from them.

“In this particular case, as a political party you know who can best lead your party in Parliament and outside of Parliament, you know who can serve the interest and the agenda that you seek to push across and so it is just your responsibility to take such decisions.

“However, having had people leading you for over a period of time I think if you need to change them just out of respect a consultation would have been a better way to go than simply imposing people on them and surprising the leadership, some of whom were probably engaged in other leadership activities at the time they were dismissed.”

Source: 3news.com