[ 2014-04-14 ]

Gabby: We Must Consider Allowing Flagbearer or President Select National Executives
Former Executive Director of the Danquah Institute
(DI), Gabby Asare-Otchere Darko has suggested that
to prevent the sort of acrimony and the potential
division some of these election processes can
bring into the New Patriotic Party (NPP), the
party “must consider having them selected by the
Presidential candidate or President in
consultation with the National Council or National
Delegates' Conference”.

In a post on his facebook wall a few hours before
the commencement of the NPP National Delegates
Conference, he stated that; “The more I read and
hear all the mudslinging among teams competing for
NPP national office positions the more I ask: is
it all worth it? There is a lot of wisdom in
Jake's proposal that choose the leader first. But,
I will go further than Jake and ask, do parties
have to elect their national chairman, general
secretary, national organiser and treasurer, etc,
at all?”

“…We must consider having them selected by the
leader (Presidential candidate or President) in
consultation with the National Council or National
Delegates' Conference. We can't make 'democracy'
an albatross! Too much is spent, materially and
emotionally, in this exercise with its concomitant
issues of disunity. To run a party need not be a
popularity contest. After all, the refrain is
'competence'; I will add, loyalty/commitment”.

This proposition came before the polls to elect
National Executives of the party. Though there
have been many surprises, with regards to the
outcome of the elections, all contestants are
calling for party unity, in order to marshal
forces to win the 2016 general elections.

The call has become necessary due to the level of
denigration that characterized the campaigns
leading up to the delegates’ conference in
Tamale, the Northern Regional Capital.

Perhaps, it is for this reason Gabby Asare-Otchere
Darko is of the view that the nominations of
National Executives by the Presidential Candidate
or sitting President could go a long way to
eliminate the rancor and acrimony that
characterize internal elections of the party and
also cut down on the material and emotional cost.

Source - Peacefmonline

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