A group associated with the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Patriotic Movement has urged everyone to respect the autonomy of Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia in choosing his running mate without undue pressure.
The group has also advised Dr. Bawumia to resist external pressures from various factions within the party and remain focused.
The Patriotic Movement stated that there have been activities and tactics employed by some factions within the party who want to impose someone on the candidate.
The group alleged that there have been press conferences, persistent delegations to Dr. Bawumia, petitions, and threatening remarks in the media aimed at coercing Dr. Bawumia into selecting their preferred candidate.
The Patriotic Movement for Bawumia opined that these actions suggest a lack of confidence in Dr. Bawumia’s ability to make independent decisions on the choice of a running mate.
The group has therefore advised Dr. Bawumia to uphold his reputation as a leader with a clear vision and to demonstrate the courage to select a running mate whom he believes is best suited to join him in contesting the 2024 presidential race.
”We are humbly advising our flagbearer, His Excellency Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, not to allow any individual or group to compel him or lure him into choosing a running mate against his actual or real choice. Allowing yourself to be manipulated in this manner has dire consequences for the party’s victory in this year’s presidential election.”.
The party risks suffering from serious disunity and long-standing cracks in her rank and file should the flag-bearer, for any reason, permit the pressure being mounted on him by the people in the party, as well as their hired political analysts and campaigners, to coerce him to select a running mate from their camps, just to satisfy their selfish interests at the expense of the NPP’s victory in the 2024 presidential election, it argued.
“It is sad to note that the NPP members, who must have been vigorously campaigning for our flag-bearer, are at this crucial moment, busily exerting all their energies on adopting various diabolic strategies to force a running mate on Dr. Bawumia. This is absurd and must be condemned by all persons who mean well for the party.”
”Now, the problem we have at hand is, if our flag-bearer, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, chooses any of the people being forced on him by groups and individuals, through press conferences with threats, deliberate media interviews, campaigning flyers, delegations to him, etc., how would the other factions and neutral members of the party feel, react, and respond to the announcement of such a choice?”
”Some of the people whose names have popped up as being interested in being Dr. Bawumia’s running mate have been accused of sponsoring people to hold press conferences and sign petitions to forcefully cause our flag-bearer, Dr. Bawumia, to make them his running mate. This childish modus and odd way of operating in the NPP, if true, must be condemned in no uncertain terms. Selecting a running mate is the prerogative of the flag-bearer, and under no circumstances must he or she be made to choose a running mate under duress. Furthermore, this weak means of getting a person to become a running mate has never been the NPP’s style; it is too disgracing and must cease forthwith,” the group added.
“Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia ‘is his own man’, let us allow him to select someone he has tested and finds capable of helping him lead the NPP to break the eight and consequently directing the next NPP government to continue to bring the needed development for our beloved country, Ghana”, the group added.
The Patriotic Movement has a membership that includes top NPP constituencies and regional and national executives.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
