“The NDC Election Review Committee (ERC) has noted with some regret that a number of party functionaries and leading party members have lately taken to media houses to air their views on party matters, including matters that the committee was set up to investigate, such as the causes of the party’s electoral defeat,” the chairman of the committee, Dr Kwesi Botchwey, said in a statement.

He urged party members to stop engaging in on-air recriminations and finger-pointing, saying they have the potential to discredit the committee’s work. “The committee would like to urge party members to resist the temptation to engage in recriminations and finger-pointing, so as not to undermine the integrity of the committee’s final report and recommendations, and sour the atmosphere for the conduct of the committee’s work.”

He further added: “The committee’s doors are open and we urge all party members who have issues to raise or concerns to express to direct them to the committee to help the search for solutions to the challenges confronting the party.”

The statement follows weeks of on-air mud-slinging, finger-pointing and accusations about how the 2016 campaign was conducted.

The Kwesi Botchwey Committee was set up to offer party members the opportunity to give reasons for the party’s defeat.

But many say they are not allowed to speak during the committee’s sitting, resulting in the current state of affairs.

The 2016 Campaign Coordinator and National Organiser of the NDC, Kofi Adams, has been accused of igniting the confusion in the party by suggesting that ex-president Mahama should be made the party’s candidate for the 2020 election.