This comes on the back of his suspension in July over an injunction against the party’s constituency primaries in May.

In the apology letter dated August 22, Mr Boateng, who was a parliamentary aspirant in Abuakwa North, noted that it has come to his attention that his actions caused significant distress to the party.

“My action was a result of the failure to obtain redress from the party, over certain acts being perpetrated by some constituency executives of the Abuakwa North Constituency, which if not checked would result in dire consequences for our party, even though various complaints and petitions had been sent to the various levels of the grievance resolution channels of the Party,” portions of the letter read.

According to him, he discontinued the suit following assurances by some executives that his concerns would be addressed.

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Read Mr Boateng’s letter below:

The decision was arrived at after a Functional Executive Committee (FEC) meeting on Tuesday 25th July 2023, where FEC reviewed the challenges that prevented the party from holding the parliamentary primaries in 17 constituencies across the country.

This was contained in a letter signed by the General Secretary, Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, which said the conduct of Mr Boateng breached Article 49 (1) (d) of the Party’s constitution.

The suspension, according to the party, comes on the back of an injunction Mr Boateng sought against its presidential and parliamentary primaries on May 13, 2023.

The decision of Mr Boateng who was a parliamentary aspirant in the Abuakwa North constituency was over what he described as a lack of a voters’ register.

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Read the statement below:

Mr. Edgar Asamoah Boateng

Abuakwa North Constituency

Eastern Region

Dear Sir,

SUSPENSION OF MR. EDGAR ASAMOAH BOATENG AS A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS

At its meeting on Tuesday 25th July 2023, the Functional Executive Committee reviewed the challenges that prevented the party from holding the parliamentary primaries in 17 constituencies across the country.

In the case of Abuakwa North Constituency, FEC took a serious view of your conduct in seeking a court injunction to prevent the Party from holding both the Presidential and Parliamentary Primaries, not only in Abuakwa North but in all the 275 constituencies in Ghana.

This conduct of yours is in breach of Article 49 (1) (d) which provides as follows: “for the avoidance of doubt, any party member who commences legal proceedings against the party for whatever reason without exhausting the complaints procedure and reliefs available under this constitution shall be subject to Party discipline under clause 8 of article 48”.

At the end of its deliberations, the following decisions were taken in accordance with articles 46 and 48 of the Party’s constitution.

i. That with immediate effect your membership of the NDC be suspended

ii. That the matter be referred to the Party’s National Disciplinary Committee for further action

You are therefore by this letter to take note, and notice is hereby given, that your membership of the NDC is suspended pending the hearing and final determination of the matter.

We hope to count on your utmost cooperation for the expeditious disposal of this case.

Thank you.

Signed

Fifi Fiavi Kwetey General Secretary.