Newly floated NPF party headed by Noke Wangnao as party president issued a statement with regard to “party constitutional rights leading to the election of new president”.
In a press release, Noke termed the suspension orders issued on NPF Legislators and the senior most NPF party functionary as an extremely harsh measure. He said that under normal circumstances, it was “not within the power and ambit of the president”.
According to Noke, under rule 9 of article V of the NPF constitution, there was some room for the president to take disciplinary action against any member. However, he said “provided that any action taken/performed beyond the powers as defined in this clause, shall be referred to the Central Executive Council (CEC) for rectification”.
Noke said that the CEC meeting Tuesday instead of ratifying the action of the president, chose to “discard the suspension order and termed the same as illegal”.
“This itself casts constitutional obligation on the president to leave his office immediately owing moral responsibility of his acting beyond powers that too losing the majority will of the party workers and functionaries”, he said.
The inflicting illegal actions of the president, Dr. Shurhozolie’s virtually trying to split the party, was a crisis scenario warranting emergent exercise of powers by legally competent authority setup by the party constitution to aid the survival of the party, he said.
Under this emergent situation, Noke said that the CEC emergency meeting was requisitioned in terms of rule 3 (c) Article IV of the NPF Constitution and in exercise of the powers conferred under rule 3 (b) (xiii) of article IV of the NPF constitution the CEC addressed the emergent situation by taking disciplinary action against the party president Dr. Shurhozolie by removing him from the post of President and further suspending his party membership. Noke said that the CEC decision was simultaneously approved and ratified by the general convention of the party unanimously by a spontaneous resolution.
He noted that the emergent CEC meeting held Tuesday was requisition by more than one/third members of the CEC as contemplated under rule 3 (C) (iii) of article IV of the NPF Constitution. Noke said that the meeting was held simultaneously with the general convention in the presence of a full house of party functionaries and members along with 22 Legislators, two MP and the senior party leaders and office bearers of all the frontal organizations.
Further, Noke said with the post of the president having fallen vacant due to the removal of Dr. Shurhozolie, the house at the CEC meeting, in the interest of the party to address the emergent situation unanimously elected him, as being the senior-most party functionary and a widely respected guardian figure, “thus in practice amounting to approval, ratification of the action of the CEC by the general convention of the party in terms of the constitution”.
In this regard, Noke said “under the aforesaid circumstances and developments use and occupation of the name, emblem, common seal and official accommodation of the central office of the party by the erstwhile president Dr. Shurhozolie amounts to misuse of the name and legal entity of a registered political party in addition to trespass in its official premises”.
He said that “any meeting called by any person using the name of the office of the president/ secretary general or a secretary or in whatsoever name it is used could only perpetuate the illegalities being done by particular persons misusing the name and banner of the NPF political party”.
Thursday, February 19, 2026