Tano South NPP chairman cautions supporters

Page 17, April 22, 2008
Story: Emmanuel Adu-Gyamerah

THE Chairman of the Tano South Constituency of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Asare Antwi, has cautioned supporters of the three people aspiring to stand on the party’s ticket for the December elections against inflammatory statements and trading of insults.
He reminded them that supporters of the main opposition party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), were wild awake and would use such inflammatory statements and mudslinging to campaign against the NPP during campaigns towards the December elections.
“Let us remember that the interest of the party is supreme and it will not be good if due to our selfish interest a particular candidate wins his seat only for the party to lose power,” he said.
Mr Antwi, who was speaking to the Daily Graphic, expressed concern about the manner of campaigning by some supporters of the three people who had filed their nominations to contest the primary.
The three aspirants are Mr Rex Ofori Agyeman, Ms Nary Razat and the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP), Mr Andrew Adjei-Yeboah, who is also a Deputy Minister of Lands, Forestry and Mines.
Mr Antwi said aspirants needed to educate their supporters to conduct their campaigns with decorum in order for the party to maintain a united front in the constituency before, during and after the primary to select a candidate.
He noted that because of such unguarded utterance that cast slur on the party, President Kufuor secured more votes during the 2004 election than the MP.
Mr Antwi said such “skirt and blouse” voting pattern would not help the course of the party during the December elections and therefore called on the aspirants and their supporters to conduct their campaigns in a civil manner.
He advised the delegates to think about the interest of the party and choose a suitable candidate who could retain the seat for the party during the December elections.