By Dennis Peprah
Sunyani, (Bono), Oct 7, GNA-The former Vice President Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, the Election 2028 flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has been urged to ensure that the party’s 2028 parliamentary primaries are conducted, devoid of vote buying, gift sharing and favouritism.
According to Mr Yaw Dabie Appiah Mensah, a member of the Bono Regional Council of Elders of the NPP, the party was determined to win, and regain political power in the Election 2028.
He said that could be achieved if the former vice president and the newly elected national, regional, constituency and polling station executives ensured that winnable parliamentary candidates were elected, regardless of their financial status.
In an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in Sunyani, Mr Mensah, 75 years and popularly known in the political circle as “Orga” congratulated the newly elected national executives of the NPP.
He reminded them that their elections went beyond just political position, however, reminded them that they were elected to identify and tackle the challenges that contributed to the NPP” s humiliating defeat in the Election 2024.
Mr Mensah, also a former organiser of the NPP in the then Brong-Ahafo Region, stressed that vote buying and favouritism in successive NPP parliamentary primaries remained major setbacks which ought to be tackled head-on.
“So Bawumia and his newly elected national, regional and constituency executives must ensure that the NPP presents the choice of the electorate as parliamentary candidates in the Election 2028, and not those who are able to influence the delegates to vote for them basically because of their wealth”, he stated.
Mr Mensah said that his hopes in the newly elected NPP national executives remained higher with the conviction that they together with Alhaji Dr Bawumia could wrestle political power from the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
He expressed the optimism that the party would bring on board everybody for an effective electioneering for election victory in 2028.
Mr Mensah called the various candidates who contested in, but lost the national, regional and constituency positions to allow the supreme interest of NPP to override their personal political ambitions.
Instead, he advised them to continue to remain loyal and contribute their quota towards making the NPP more appealing to especially floating voters and to enhance its fortunes of winning the 2028 General Election.
GNA
Edited by Kenneth Odeng Adade
Reporter: Dennis Peprah
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