The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Fifi Kwetey, has dismissed claims of internal division within the party following President John Dramani Mahama’s directive to withdraw a private member’s Bill seeking to abolish the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP).

Mr Kwetey explained that the views expressed by individual Members of Parliament should not be mistaken for the official position of the party.

“Now, this view on the Special Prosecutor, clearly, I mean, individuals can have their own perspective. The decision becomes a political decision if it’s discussed at the highest level of our party,” he said.

He explained that official party positions are determined through deliberations at the highest decision-making bodies, including the party’s political committee.

“So, for example, the political committee of the party that is led, for example, by the president, and that has key people, not just at the current level of leadership, but also past leaders of the party, sit together and say, This is our position.

“Then anyone who articulates that position is speaking on behalf of the party. Otherwise, whatever somebody might say in parliament represents the person’s personal positions and that personal position is absolutely not the party’s position. It’s okay to have a disagreement; it’s not a problem,” he stated.

Mr Kwetey further stressed that the President, as leader of the party, ultimately defines the NDC’s official stance on major national issues.

“What the president states as the leader of the party represents that. The president can even disagree with the finance minister. At the end of the day, the one who is in charge of the vehicle is the president,” he noted.

He added that party members are entitled to hold personal opinions, but must clearly distinguish them from the party’s official position.

“We are not even saying that you are not entitled to have your personal opinion. But individuals still can have individual positions. Ultimately, the view of the party is articulated either by the president,” he said in an interview on Channel One TV.

Mr Kwetey’s remarks come amid speculation that President Mahama’s directive to the Majority Leader, Mahama Ayariga, and the Majority Chief Whip, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, to withdraw the Bill had triggered internal tensions within the NDC—claims he firmly rejected.