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Aliu's election will prove that NPP is
not ethnic centred
Tamale, July 31, GNA - Delegates to the up-coming New
Patriotic Party (NPP), congress to choose a flag bearer for
the party have been urged to elect Vice-President Aliu
Mahama as the party's presidential candidate to prove that
the party is not ethnic biased.
"Loyalists of Aliu Mahama", a political club based in Tamale
and dedicated to championing the cause of the Vice-President
made the appeal in a press statement issued in Tamale on
Tuesday.
The club said the election of Alhaji Aliu Mahama, as the NPP
flag bearer would prove the party's critics, particularly
the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) wrong that
the NPP was ethnic centred.
The statement said that the Vice-President was an
experienced politician who had on several occasions acted in
the absence of the President and had proved to be trusted
and tested and was therefore the best candidate who could
lead the party to victory in the 2008 elections.
"The Vice-President is dependable, he is as well committed
to the affairs of the party and will absolutely crush the
NDC in the 2008 elections. He is the only candidate capable
of consolidating the NDC's stay in opposition", the
statement said.
The "Loyalists of Aliu Mahama" were of the view that the NPP
constitution should be amended to allow the Vice-President
to stand unopposed as the party's presidential candidate.
They cited instances in other democracies such as the United
States of America (USA) where Vice-President Al-Gore was
made to succeed President Clinton on the ticket of the
Democratic Party in the 2000 elections.
Similarly the statement said, Thabo Mbeki of South Africa
succeeded Nelson Mandela on the ticket of the ANC and
queried: "Why can't we allow Alhaji Aliu Mahama to succeed
his boss"?
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