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Candidates may be qualified but not suitable - Commey
Cape Coast, April 11, Ghanadot/GNA - Mr
Lord Commey, National Organizer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP),
on Friday noted that the Party may reject a parliamentary
candidate seeking to contest on its ticket on the grounds of
suitability.
He explained that a candidate may be qualified and eligible
to contest but could be withdrawn on the grounds of
suitability and that the determination of suitability was
the sole prerogative of the National Executive Committee of
the Party.
On the question of what constituted suitability, Mr Commey
said the issue of good character was one, but could not
elaborate further, saying that “it should be left with the
Committee to determine it”.
Mr Commey, who made the remarks at a media briefing
preceding the vetting of the Central Regional NPP
Parliamentary candidates at Cape Coast, said the ambitions
and interests of individual members to seek positions in the
Party should not override the overall interest of the party.
He said contesting to be an MP was not an absolute right
stressing that all candidates should fit within the confines
of the strategic framework of the Party.
He said where one’s individual “ambition to be an MP at all
cost overrides that of the general interest of the Party”,
then that person was not fit to be part of the system.
On the vetting exercise, he said he was hopeful that the
aspirants have acquainted themselves with the set rules and
regulations and knew their qualification and eligibility.
He urged journalists to be conversant with the constitutions
and rules that governed political parties in the country so
as to be well informed and serve as a guide against
reporting excesses.
Mr Kwamena Duncan, regional secretary of the Party, said of
the 19 constituencies in the region, two sitting MPs Kennedy
Owusu Agyapong and Nana Amoako were returned unopposed in
the Assin North and Upper-Denkyira East districts
respectively to contest for the seats in their
constituencies.
He said what they termed the “orphaned” constituencies, that
is the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA), Twifo-Atti-Morkwa
and Mfantsiman East would be won this year.
GNA
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