National Chairman hopeful of the New Patriotic Party, Stephen Asamoah Boateng says the party may not have to go through the stress of conducting elections for a flagbearer should he be voted for as National Chairman.
He says in their bid to win the 2024 general elections, it would be best for them to agree on a candidate and running mate without spending money on a National Delegates Congress.
In addition, he states that it is “needless to have an acrimonious contest” while the party needs to reserve its strength and venom for the main political opponent, the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
His plan, therefore, is to assemble all the flag bearer aspirants at a hotel to deliberate among themselves and choose which of them should be their flag bearer and who should be the running mate.
“It is quite simple, I intend to take it to the National Council to be given the chance to assemble all the aspirants in a room to jaw-jaw until they get for us a flag bearer and a running mate.
…the NDC is coming like a wounded lion, we would need more time, money, and most importantly a United front to meet them and win them decisively for them to know that Ghanaians appreciate our governance more than them,” he stated confidently.
Popularly known as Asabeee, the leading National chairman hopeful also intimated that it is the desire of the NDC to see their front broken so they could take advantage of their disunity quizzing that “can you imagine how the NDC would be scared to be contesting an NPP that didn’t vote to choose a flagbearer?”
Mr. Asamoah Boateng was speaking to Emefa Apau during “The Probe” on Multi TV’s Joy News Channel on Sunday.
The ruling party has been going through a restructuring of its front, a process that has seen some acrimony.
Signals picked up by the party’s hierarchy and indeed political watchers points to a more intense and perhaps acrimonious contest should the contest be allowed.
Support from various aspirants, especially Mr. Alan Kyeremateng and Se. Mahamudu Bawumia are mostly tipped to misunderstand each other during and after the contest, a situation that may lead to a fractured front going into the 2024 elections.
Some patriots of the party have suggested that there should not be any elections, however, none of the chairmanship aspirants have had the courage to sing that tune except Asabeee who has shown the boldness and a good tactic to go about it.
