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DFP elects flag bearer for Election
2008
Accra, April 05, Ghanadot/GNA – Mr Emmanuel Ansah-Antwi, a
48-year-old Marketing and Communication Consultant on
Saturday beat Alhaji Abdul Rahman Issaka a businessman and
interim National Chairman of Democratic Freedom Party (DFP)
to be elected flag bearer for Election 2008.
Mr Ansah-Antwi a political novice polled 868 votes
representing 81.2 per cent of the total valid votes of 1,069
whilst veteran politician, Alhaji Issaka had 201 votes
representing 18.8 per cent.
The total votes cast was 1,083 with 14 rejected ballots, the
Electoral Commission (EC) announced at the end of the first
National Delegates Congress of DFP in Accra.
Mr Kwadwo Osafo Kantaka, EC Deputy Chairman in Charge of
Operations who lead a team of high powered electoral
officials to supervise the election therefore declared Mr
Ansah-Antwi duly elected.
Mr Ansah-Antwi commended the delegates for electing him a
youthful personality to lead the infant party to the crucial
Election 2008, stressing that “other political parties were
given the chance to elect younger presidential aspirants but
they refused to acknowledge the potential of the youth.
“They rejected Dr Ekwow Spio Garbrah, Mr Dan Botwe and
others who represented the youth at their congresses.”
He said DFP youth were indebted to the leadership of the
Party for creating the enabling condition and platform for
youthful personality to take control of the Party and
position themselves for leadership roles in national
politicking and governance.
Mr Ansah-Antwi said through his victory, the youth had
demonstrated that never again would they allow political
parties and personalities whose governments failed the
litmus test of corruption while in office, be given the
chance to return to power.
“Enough is enough, we cannot continue to saddle our unborn
generation with anymore debts and inefficiencies through the
special interest of some leaders.”
He said a DFP led Government would develop a National Youth
Policy with the full participation of the youth, focus of
gender mainstreaming through affirmative action in all areas
of national development, “as a happy and fulfilling
motherhood is a source of pride to children and the
elderly.”
Mr Ansah-Antwi declared: “I stand for peace, stability and
development and considered the welfare of the people as
paramount, everybody irrespective of social status should
have a fair share of the prosperity that abound in Ghana.”
On the campaign for the Chief Executive Officer seat of the
nation, Mr Ansah-Antwi said the issue at stake was not the
presidential candidate or party with a better vision for the
country, but rather the candidate with the ability to act to
make the vision a reality.
The Congress by popular acclamation endorsed a 21-member
national executive committee, adopted the party’s draft
manifesto, constitution and passed a motion to accept the
regional delegates’ conferences organized throughout the
country within a week, which were conducted in contravention
of the Party’s constitution.
Meanwhile, the defeated flag bearer aspirant, Alhaji Issaka,
has blamed Dr Obed Yao Asamoah, Life Patron of the Party for
his electoral defeat but accepted the election as free, fair
and transparent.
GNA
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