He added that failure to vote for President Mills in the upcoming congress in July could affect the party’s chances of securing another term in power.
The governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) goes to congress in July to elect a flagbearer to lead the party ahead of the 2012 elections. President Mills’s main challenger is former first Lady, Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings who has accused him (President Mills) of leading the party astray.
Launching her campaign at the International Conference Centre on Wednesday May 4, former President Jerry John Rawlings said until the NDC changes the “gear” and the “driver” the party will lose the 2012 elections.
However, speaking to Citi News in an interview Hon. E.T Mensah dismissed the assertions, noting that it will be disastrous to change the so-called driver of the ruling party just after his first term in power.
“We had three elections before 7 January 2009 and after the three elections the transition took a while before he (President Mills) was able to assemble his team through no fault of his and for me the development that I see around, the progress that he has made is a miracle…I think that he is on course and I think this is not the time to change the driver. I don’t believe in that opinion that is why I still support him.
“The NDC is a corporate entity and all of us have shares in it, many of us spent most part of our youthful lives working for this party and when we find that the leadership is correct like what we have today we will follow that leadership”.
Hon E.T Mensah noted that he has no doubt that President Mills will be given the nod for a second term in office.
He however added that the internal wrangling in the NDC party will not break the party and lead to electoral defeat.
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