NPP constituency chairmen to elect
delegates
Accra, Nov. 27, Ghanadot/GNA - The New Patriotic Party (NPP)
on Tuesday said each constituency Chairman of the 230
constituencies was to convene and chair the election of
delegates to the December 22, NPP Congress, when the party
would elect its flag bearer out of its eighteen aspirants.
Mr. Peter Mac Manu, National Chairman of the Party briefing
the media in Accra said the action was in consonance with
the NPP constitution and that four delegates were to be
constituency executives, while six others would have to be
elected to make up for the ten delegates required for the
congress.
He said the various constituencies would submit the list of
the constituency delegates by December 7 and would be
circulated to each of the aspirants.
The numbers of aspirants only go to confirm the NPP internal
democracy and that, "There is unity among the presidential
aspirants and they will provide support to whoever emerged a
winner".
He said the executives had interactions with the aspirants
and agents and also introduced the election committee to
them.
Mr Mac Manu said the NPP was on course and the existing
democracy would ensure that all went well.
He said the last of the presidential aspirants to be vetted
on Tuesday was Captain Nkrabea Affah-Darteh (rtd) an MP and
the vetting committee would submit its report on Friday.
He said following frequent interactions with presidential
aspirants, it was clear that each one was prepared to a good
loser or a winner and that they were prepared to entrench
internal democracy within the party.
The party, he said would hold a rally on Sunday, December 2,
at Kasoa in the Central Region to officially introduce the
presidential aspirants to the electorate.
GNA
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