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Former President John Mahama has urged the opposition NDC not to attack members who have made their intentions clear to contest the party\u2019s flagbearer primaries.<\/p>\n
Speaking to a teeming crowd of NDC supporters in Cape Coast Sunday, he said though it is premature for him to declare his intention over the race, that shouldn\u2019t stop others from declaring theirs.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know there are several of my colleagues who have declared an intention to run. They are all party members and they are eligible to stand.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cLet me caution: after the flag bearer contest, whoever wins, all of us will have to rally round to support that person. And, so, please let us not go personal, let us not insult each other because all of us belong to the same NDC family, and, so, if anybody has declared to stand it is his right to do so. Don\u2019t insult him because, at the end of the process, all of us need to come together to support whoever wins as the flagbearer.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cI have no problem with any of my colleagues. Spio was my minister, I worked as his deputy minister and then he became my colleague \u2026and then when I was in government he worked as my minister of state, I can\u2019t have any problem with Spio. I can\u2019t have any problem with Joshua. Joshua was my colleague, we went to parliament the same year and we were in parliament together. When he became Vice-Chancellor of UPSA, he invited me for so many programmes in UPSA, so today I can\u2019t have a problem with Joshua. Sylvester was in parliament with me; we were colleagues in parliament, he worked as our NHIS CEO. After that, he came as a presidential staffer at the Flagstaff House. I hope nobody takes offense that I didn\u2019t mention some other people, \u00a0Atubiga is my favorite presidential candidate,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0ex President Mahama added..<\/p>\n<\/div>\n