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Dissolve NPP if wobbly NDC wins 2016 elections - Amoako-Baah

By MyJoyOnline
NDC Dissolve NPP if wobbly NDC wins 2016 elections - Amoako-Baah
OCT 20, 2014 LISTEN

Political Scientist, Dr. Richard Amoako-Baah says the leadership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) should consider dissolving the party if it loses the 2016 presidential elections.

The Head of Department of History and Political Studies of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) says the the governing National Democratic Congress is currently not in the shape to win an election against the NPP..

“This is the most vulnerable moment for the NDC…If the NDC manages to win [2016 elections] then you may as well dissolve NPP,” he said on the Super Morning Show on Joy FM, Monday, October 20.

He said the 2016 Presidential poll “is a critical election which NPP must win”.

Delegates of the opposition party on Saturday October 18, elected for the third time in succession veteran politician, Nana Akufo-Addo as flagbearer for the 2016 elections. 

Nana Akufo-Addo recorded a resounding victory by polling 117,413 votes representing 94.35 percent of total votes cast. 

His closest challenger, Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen managed a paltry 5,908 votes representing only 4.75% of total valid votes cast.

The presidential primaries were preceded by internal wrangling with some bigwigs accusing the leadership of siding with one of the contenders.

Having come out of the fiercely contested polls, Dr. Amoako-Baah says the leadership of the party has no excuse but to mend the cracks in the party and beat the incumbent NDC.


Party disagrees
General Secretary of the NPP, Kwabena Agyapong says the fact that the leaders have not made public, efforts being made at mending the divisions does not mean the party is doing nothing about the internal wranglings.  

According to him, the NPP's major task now is to market the newly elected torchbearer, Nana Akufo-Addo, but not to discuss in public detail, strategies towards running its campaigns for 2016.

“Parties are not run in the media, parties are not run on the streets of Ghana…We have a candidate to market; we have a party to run and that's what we are going to do,” Mr. Agyapong emphasized.

He said: “This party has already begun a healing process and it started at the Afua Sutherland Park” on Saturday where Nana Addo was outdoored following his re-election.

The General Secretary also called for a ceasefire among party officials who comment publicly on 'sensitive' internal party issues. 

“Let's put a stop to the public talk…that is letting out everything we are going to do to our opponent and [it is not good for us]” he stated. Story by Ghana | Myjoyonline.com | Jerry Tsatro Mordy | [email protected]

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