Managing editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jr., has added his voice to those criticizing the recent changes in the NDC's parliamentary leadership.

The seasoned reporter argued that it was "extremely dangerous" to dismiss Haruna Iddrisu from his position as minority leader.

The seasoned political commentator questioned the reasoning and procedures used to replace the MP for Tamale South in remarks he made over the weekend on Pan African TV in Accra.

He expressed his doubts, saying that since Haruna Iddrisu is a pillar of the NDC, even if his dismissal had been warranted, it should have been handled delicately.

“This is a reckless move, absolutely reckless move. So what have you achieved? You have created conditions for all manner of speculations”, Mr Pratt said.

He continued, “Yesterday, I was listening to some of my friends in the NPP discuss this matter. Come and see, it is like they have won a bonanza.

“One of them actually went to the extent of saying John Mahama directed this move because he has a rift with Haruna, [so] he wants to show Haruna some sense.

“This is not true, John Mahama was not comfortable with this move.”

He added that the NDC should have been more mindful of Haruna Iddrisu’s stature and influence in the North, before embarking on his replacement as the Minority Leader.

“Haruna Iddrisu may have all his faults but he is the primus inter pares in the Northern region. I have been to Tamale on many occasions. I went to school in Tamale, I know Tamale fairly well.

“This is a man who comes to Tamale and he doesn’t drive a car. I have seen him riding just an ordinary bicycle moving from place to place holding caucuses in the streets, playing cards with members. I have seen him on a motorbike going to funerals and so on.

“He is not God, he is not all-knowing, he is not omnipotent, he is not omnipresent, he can be removed but if you want to remove him, there are things that you have to do knowing the political circumstances. Were those things done?”, he queried.

The comments by Kwesi Pratt follow the recently announced changes in the NDC’s parliamentary front.

A statement from the party’s General Secretary, Fifi Kwetey, last week, announced Dr Cassiel Ato Forson as the new Minority Leader with Emmanuel Kofi-Armah Buah as the Deputy Minority Leader.

MP for Adaklu, Governs Kwame Agbodza was also named as the party’s new Minority Chief Whip, taking over from Asawase MP, Muntaka Mubarak.

This development has since been met with a lot of resentment from some quarters of the party, including Tamale Central MP, Murtala Mohammed who has questioned the timing and relevance of the change.

However, the party’s Chairman, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, insists that the move is a prudent one which will inure to the benefit of the party.

Addressing some party faithful abroad over the weekend, he said the allegations of cracks in the party, due to the changes are false and should be dismissed.

Meanwhile, former NDC lawmaker, Ras Mubarak, has taken a swipe at critics of the changes in the parliamentary leadership of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).

In a Facebook post on Friday, he noted that despite the reservations from some quarters of the party, the changes will not be reversed.

According to him, there is the need for the aggrieved members of the party to suspend their reservations and throw their weight behind the new Miniorty Leader, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson and his team.