Former Member of Parliament for Agona West, Cynthia Mamle Morrison, has opened up about her strained relationship with the Minority Leader, Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin, following disagreements within the New Patriotic Party (NPP) after the 2024 parliamentary primaries.
Speaking in an interview, Morrison recounted how she repeatedly asked Afenyo-Markin to meet her supporters to address their concerns after she lost the party’s parliamentary primary, but he allegedly failed to honour three separate appointments.
According to her, the supporters felt abandoned after the parliamentary candidate-elect proceeded with his own team, leaving some party executives and influential members feeling sidelined.
Morrison said she believed a meeting involving Afenyo-Markin, herself and the aggrieved supporters could have helped calm tensions and prevent further divisions within the party.
“I called him myself. I went to Parliament with him. Kennedy was there. Mama Pat was there. YouTube was there. Kofi Amankwa was there. We were a lot,” she recounted, listing some of the people who were involved in the efforts to arrange the meeting.
She said the supporters waited on three occasions for Afenyo-Markin to meet them, but he did not show up.
Asked about the reasons for his absence, Morrison said she could not establish why he failed to attend, although she speculated that his parliamentary duties might have kept him occupied.
“I cannot tell because, you know, we had that tight thing. So maybe it was because of that,” she said.
Morrison explained that her intention was not necessarily to become an independent candidate but to make a point about the treatment of party supporters who had worked for the NPP.
“I used to talk to him. I said, ‘You know what? It is not a matter of going independent that I want. I just want to make a point. So just come and talk to my followers,’” she said.
She argued that Afenyo-Markin’s presence at the meeting could have helped reassure the aggrieved supporters and ease tensions.
According to Morrison, the failure to address their concerns contributed to the difficult circumstances surrounding her political future after the primaries.
She also disclosed that she faced legal action from a person who contested against her, including a court injunction that she said prevented her from campaigning.
Morrison said the legal action placed her in a difficult position because she was considering running as an independent candidate but needed to campaign to secure electoral support.
She expressed surprise at the turn of events, saying she had expected party figures to intervene and help resolve the disagreement.
Although she acknowledged that some party members contacted her during the period, she felt those who could have directly addressed the concerns of her supporters did not do enough.
Morrison, however, denied being bitter about the experience and insisted that she remained a member of the NPP.
Asked whether she had made efforts to reconcile with Afenyo-Markin, she said she did not consider them to be fighting.
“We are not fighting,” she said, while distinguishing her relationship with the Minority Leader from her relationship with another party figure she described as a brother.
Her comments come amid continuing discussions about internal cohesion within the NPP and the handling of disagreements following the party’s parliamentary primaries and the 2024 general election.
Watch a video of her remarks below:
I waited for Afenyo-Markin on three occasions, expecting him to come to my constituency and speak with my followers to calm them down and address their concerns… – Cynthia Morrison (Former MP, Agona West Constituency)
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