Dominic Bosompim, Odotobri constituency chairman of the NPP has asked the party’s National Executive Committee to hold an early congress for the election of its flag-bearer.
In a release copied to the media Wednesday evening, Mr Bosompim, who is Dean of Ashanti constituency Chairmen said an early congress would help the party to market its leader early.
He noted that the 2024 general elections would be a crucial one and therefore the NPP needs to market its candidate early enough and to subsequently market him to the electorate.
We publish the statement from the Dean of the constituency Chairmen in full underneath.
WE THE Ashanti Regional Constituency Chairmen Association would like to add our voices to the call for the party to organise early congress to elect the flagbearer for the 2024 general elections.
There is no doubt that the 2024 elections will be a crucial one which will require comprehensive processes and preparations.
Our decision to support this call for early congress is therefore based on a number of valid and genuine considerations.
Some of these include:
1. An early congress will afford the party enough time to prepare and market the eventual winner and flagbearer ahead of the elections. This will help ensure that we do not repeat the 2008 experience which gravely affected the party leading to its eventual defeat.
2. As expected in any democratic electoral process across the world, elections like these have the potential to foment internal rifts and troubles amongst supporters of opposing candidates, therefore an early congress will afford the party the opportunity to address some of these fallout and build united front to achieve victory.
3. We also believe that an early congress will afford the party enough time resolve outstanding conflicts and challenges resulting out of the elections.
4. An early congress will also give government and the sitting President the peace of mind to implement its policies and programmes, whilst carrying the entire party machinery along.
In conclusion, we members of the Ashanti Regional NPP Constituency Chairmen Association will present a formal petition to the National Executive Committee (NEC) for consideration in the upcoming meeting slated for January 31.
Signed
Mr. Dominic Bosompim
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Chairman, Odotobri Constituency
Dean, Constituency Chairmen Association Ashanti Region
STORY BY MICHAEL OFOSU-AFRIYIE, KUMASI.
