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Nana Addo urges NPP Parliamentary
aspirants to remain selfless and loyal to
ultimate victory in 2012
Tuesday, January 18, 2011:- THE 2012
Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic
Party (NPP), Nana Akufo-Addo, has called on
all potential contestants, delegates and
executives of the party “to treat the
upcoming exercise of electing parliamentary
candidates for the party as crucial to the
unity required for a formidable campaign to
win power in 2012 and bring back hope to
Ghanaians.”
This, he said, when Parliamentary hopeful
for Subin and a close aide, Mr. Eugene Yaw
Boakye Antwi, informed the Presidential
Candidate that he has rescinded his decision
to file when nominations begin later this
year and to commit his “energy, efforts and
resources to help [the] party recapture
power in 2012.”
Nana Addo has commended his friend, Mr.
Antwi, for “exhibiting such selflessness and
loyalty to the ultimate cause. Eugene’s
decision, which has been taken for the sake
of party unity in the Subin constituency, is
a sacrifice and posture worthy of
emulation.”
In an open letter addressed to the General
Secretary of the party, Eugene Antwi writes,
“As a member of our party’s highest
decision-making body outside of National
Congress, that is the National Council, it
has become incumbent upon me to lead the
UNITY crusade in the Subin constituency in
particular, and our party in general, to
ensure that Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo wins
the Presidency, come December, 2012.”
His message to other aspirants across
constituencies is, “I respectfully implore
and urge other parliamentary hopefuls across
the country, who are nurturing parliamentary
ambitions, to consider carefully the
STABILITY and UNITY of our party above their
personal ambitions.”
Mr. Antwi stresses, “In my considered view,
winning the presidency in 2012 comes way
before my personal political ambition.
Indeed, getting Nana Addo elected is in
itself the best way of enhancing our
individual political ambitions. We need the
presidency in order to implement the
brilliant vision and policies we have, as a
party for Ghana.”
Eugene Antwi also added in his statement,
“My supporters and admirers are urging me to
contest the upcoming parliamentary
primaries, but having carefully and soberly
reflected on the STABILTY and UNITY of the
constituency in particular, and party in
general, I have decided to throw my weight
and support behind the incumbent Member of
Parliament, Hon Isaac Osei MP.”
Nana Addo, in response, explained, “the
Executives of the Party, under the
able-chairmanship of Otanka Obetsebi-Lamptey,
are doing all that is possible to ensure
that our parliamentary primaries are
conducted in a free, fair, transparent and
cordial manner with a strong family spirit.”
While welcoming internal competition, the
2012 Presidential Candidate, however, calls
for "discipline, fairness, and solidarity"
in the conduct of the primaries.
He states, "There’s bound to be only one
winner at any parliamentary primary. The
maturity and health of our internal
democracy would be enhanced by how the
winners and losers can all work together
after the primaries for the ultimate victory
in 2012. Thankfully, we have, by the 2009
constitutional amendments, multiplied the
number of delegates for the parliamentary
primaries by, at least, four times at every
constituency in the country, representing a
greater sampling of a candidate’s popularity
in the constituency than we had in the
past.”
Mr Antwi, a former Secretary for the UK-Eire
branch of the party, contested Isaac Osei
for the 2008 Subin primaries.
Mr Osei received 52 votes, representing 50%.
Mr Antwi got 34 votes, representing 32% and
Mr George Ayisi-Boateng got 18 votes,
representing 18%.
The party is expected to announce soon the
dates for the parliamentary primaries, which
take place this year, with very few
exceptions.
Source: Herbert Krapa
Press Aide
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