Former Authorities Spokesperson on Governance and Safety, Dr. Palgrave Boakye Danquah, has mentioned the New Patriotic Occasion (NPP) should deal with deciding on a pacesetter who can ship victory in future elections.
Throughout an interview with Channel One TV, he declared his help for Kennedy Agyepong, describing him because the “variable” the get together must revive its possibilities after previous candidates did not safe anticipated votes in Zongo and Muslim communities.
Mr. Boakye Danquah defined that faith and ethnicity have by no means been deciding components in Ghana’s elections.
He pointed to former President John Dramani Mahama, a Christian from the North, who gained in Muslim communities, as proof that Ghanaians vote past non secular or tribal traces.
He additionally reacted to some claims he attributed to Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, saying it was unlucky if factual discussions have been being become tribal or non secular debates.
He careworn that Dr. Bawumia’s tribe or faith was by no means thought-about when he was chosen as working mate, vice chairman, or get together chief.
Based on him, Kennedy Agyepong qualifies as a possible chief since Members of Parliament within the Fourth Republic have typically gone on to develop into presidents.
He famous that other than Jerry John Rawlings and John Evans Atta Mills, all different presidents had handed via Parliament earlier than main the nation.
Mr. Boakye Danquah argued that electoral victory shouldn’t be about presenting the identical candidate a number of occasions however in regards to the worth a candidate brings.
He recalled how Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s persistence from 2008 and 2012 ultimately led to victory in 2016, however warned that the NPP had since misplaced about 1.7 million votes, which have to be addressed.
By: Jacob Aggrey
