The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Abuakwa North Municipal Assembly of the Eastern Region, Alhaji Umar Babs Kofi Bodinga has admonished the New Patriotic Party’s (NPPs) Constituency Executives across the country especially those in the Eastern Region to remain neutral in their dealings ahead of the upcoming parliamentary primaries scheduled for January 27, 2024.
In the Eastern Region, 85 candidates successfully filed their nomination forms to join the parliamentary primaries race but at the end of the vetting 82 candidates were cleared, 2 were disqualified and 1 candidate couldn’t show up at the vetting due to health issues.
Speaking to Kingdom FM’s KONTIHEN KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH, the Abuakwa North MCE who doubles as the former Eastern Regional First Vice Chairman for NPP called for the need for the constituency executives to allow all candidates to do their campaign alone to ensure transparency.
Alhaji Umar Bodinga noted that failure to adhere to his advice one’s a candidate of an executive loses his or her bid will breed bitterness among other candidates who couldn’t get support during their campaign and that may lead to division in the party.
According to him, the Ministry of Local Government and Decentralization told all the 261 Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Chief Executives across the country to stay away from the parliamentary primaries until the Parliamentary Candidate is elected before they can campaign for that candidate to either maintain the NPPs seat or claim it from the NDC’s Member of Parliament.
“This is what I want the Constituency Executives to emulate to bring peace, unity, and harmony in the party after the Parliamentary Candidate is being elected.”
He then advised the delegates to vote for someone whom the entire constituents preferred and help them win more parliamentary seats but shouldn’t vote for someone whom the constituents don’t like and after the December 7, 2024 elections, they will lose their seats to their main opponent National Democratic Congress.
“Should we want to break the 8-year jinx then our delegates should listen to the masses and vote for their preferred Parliamentary Candidate “, he stated.
Alhaji Babs Bodinga noted that, before their Presidential primaries, the majority of Ghanaians said that it was their party that could run and manage the affairs of this country well so if they don’t bring Dr. Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia in 2024 they won’t vote and they gave them what they wanted so the Constituency delegates should also do same for them to win both Presidential and the Parliamentary Seat.
By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.
Source// Obohnewsonline.com.
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