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I will remain focused as Vice President- Alhaji Mahama
Accra, Dec.31, Ghanadot/GNA- Vice President Alhaji Mahama at
the weekend rebuffed media reports that he had resigned from
active politics, saying he would remain focused in office as
the number two man of the country.
Referring to his unsuccessful bid to lead the ruling New
Patriotic Party at the December 22 delegates' congress of
the party, he said as a Vice President he still functions as
a political figure and would continue to do so as long as
Allah gives him the strength to carry on.
Vice President Mahama, who was interacting with members of
the Presidential Press Corps, at his campaign office in
Accra said media reports that quoted him as saying he was
quitting politics took him out of contest.
" As a Vice President, I have to remain in office till
January 7, 2009, so how can I say I am quitting politics? It
is too early to talk about my political future."
He said he had gained so much experience as a Vice President
and it was only prudent for him to put it at the disposal of
Ghana.
Vice President Mahama said he had a large constituency of
supporters who he would disappoint if he disappeared from
the political scene.
Vice President Mahama said he would expend his energy to
campaign for the flagbearer of the NPP, Nana Addo Dankwa
Akufo Addo to win the 2008 General Election.
He stressed: "I pledged my support to him and I would
deliver."
Commenting on the results of the delegates congress, where
he attracted 146 votes, he said the numbers came to him as a
shock because he had carried himself well so far as a Vice
President and had served President John Agyekum Kufuor
faithfully and loyally.
On a humorous note he said: " I won bronze but I should have
captured the gold because I worked very hard for it."
He however, congratulated the delegates for their good
judgement, saying at the end of the day it was democracy and
the will of the people that carried the day.
GNA
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