Kwame Asare Obeng, the Member of Parliament for Gomoa Central, has shared why he chose to sit with the National Democratic Congress (NDC) caucus in Parliament during the inauguration of the 9th Parliament.
Mr. Asare Obeng, popularly known as A Plus, elected to Parliament as an independent candidate, was found seating with the NDC caucus when the 9th Parliament was being inaugurated Tuesday, January 07, 2025.
In an interview with TV3’s Eric Mawuena Egbeta after sitting was adjourned, he explained that he does not feel welcomed in the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
According to him, the NDC leadership contacted him right after his victory and stroke a deal to caucus with him.
However, it took the NPP some weeks to contact him through the party’s 2024 flag bearer aspirant and outgone Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong.
But the MP said the NPP, because they are “arrogant”, denied ever contacting him when he made his meeting with Ken Agyapong public.
Mr. Asare Obeng noted that he had to go where he is wanted and be with people who are serious to govern a nation.
He also noted that the actions of the depicts they have not been over their defeat yet.
“The NPP leadership is not a serious one and I’m making that very clear to them, they are not serious. They don’t know what they are about, I think they have not gotten over the defeat that they encountered not long ago so I had to go where I am wanted, where they are serious about running a country.
“The day after the election Ato Forson called me and indicated that he wanted me to caucus with them. It took a long time for the NPP to approach me through Kennedy Agyapong, and even when he made the approach, and when I came out and said that he had made an approach, because they are arrogant and they wanted to do it behind the scenes and put in some deals that they were not truthful about, they came out and said it’s not true. That’s what happened so I had to caucus with the NDC.
“They have shown they are serious, they have shown that they value what I do and who I am so you go where you are wanted,” he explained.
