{"id":689662,"date":"2019-08-23T10:59:21","date_gmt":"2019-08-23T10:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n\t\t\n<p><strong>Samuel Ofosu Ampofo \u2013 NDC National Chairman <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The quest by the main opposition National Democratic\nCongress (NDC) to win the 2020\u00a0 general\nelections may be a boasting exercise after all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Barely three day"},"modified":"2019-08-23T10:59:21","modified_gmt":"2019-08-23T10:59:21","slug":"ndc-shops-for-candidates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/23\/ndc-shops-for-candidates\/","title":{"rendered":"NDC Shops For Candidates &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Samuel Ofosu Ampofo \u2013 NDC National Chairman <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The quest by the main opposition National Democratic<br \/>\nCongress (NDC) to win the 2020\u00a0 general<br \/>\nelections may be a boasting exercise after all.<\/p>\n<p>Barely three days to its parliamentary primaries across<br \/>\nthe country, the NDC is said to be struggling to field candidates in some<br \/>\nconstituencies.<\/p>\n<p>Strangely, the party members can\u2019t get candidates in<br \/>\nsome constituencies where they don\u2019t control the seats in Parliament (orphan<br \/>\nconstituencies) while in some situations, it has rejected some aspirants for<br \/>\nlacking political clouts and has not found anybody to replace them.<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0<strong><em>DAILY GUIDE<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0sources,<br \/>\nAshanti and Eastern regions are the hardest hit, with the party postponing the<br \/>\nSaturday exercise in those constituencies.<\/p>\n<p>Not even the dangling of carrot for prospective<br \/>\naspirants by waiving the nominations and filing fees would convince NDC<br \/>\napparatchiks to pick forms to contest in the Saturday polls.<\/p>\n<p>In the Ashanti Region, election to select candidates for<br \/>\nthe 2020 parliamentary elections is taking place in only seven of the 49<br \/>\nconstituencies while Eastern Region, according to reports, can boast of<br \/>\nelection in only 13 out of the 33 constituencies where aspirants are vying for<br \/>\nslots.<\/p>\n<p>The participating constituencies in the Saturday<br \/>\nprimaries in the Ashanti Region are Asawase, New Edubiase, Ahafo Ano North,<br \/>\nEjura Sekyeredumasi, Asante Akyem North and Offinso North.<\/p>\n<p>In the Eastern Region for instance, party people are<br \/>\nshying away in constituencies the party had previous elections like Akwatia<br \/>\nwhere former Member of Parliament (MP), Mohammed Baba Jamal, is allegedly<br \/>\nseeking solace in Accra to upstage the sitting MP for Ayawaso East at Nima.<\/p>\n<p>Abuakwa South, the constituency of President Akufo-Addo,<br \/>\nis yet to get a candidate just as the two constituencies in the regional<br \/>\ncapital, as well as the two constituencies in Atiwa and others in the Akuapem<br \/>\nand Kwahu areas.<\/p>\n<p>Strangely, ahead of the 2016 elections, the NDC had<br \/>\nwaged a campaign of splitting Eastern Region with then opposition NPP in what<br \/>\nit called \u2018Agenda 50-50\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>A sarcastic post by an NPP activist from\u00a0New Juaben<br \/>\nNorth\u00a0in Koforidua, Wiafe Debrah, raised issues why NDC gurus in the<br \/>\nmunicipality are running away from the constituency, especially when they are<br \/>\nboasting of victory in 2020 elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour party NDC recently opened nominations for people<br \/>\nto contest primaries to become potential parliamentary candidates for the<br \/>\nincoming 2020 general elections. Out of the 33 constituencies in the Eastern<br \/>\nRegion that the NDC bragged in 2016 as AGENDA 50\/50 (KY\u0190MU P\u0190), only 13 constituencies have gotten people to pick<br \/>\nforms, leaving 20 constituencies vacant. I find this very interesting and<br \/>\nintriguing. A party that is poised and taunting of winning power in 2020. What<br \/>\nhas happened or what is happening because this didn\u2019t happen in 2016 when you<br \/>\nwere in power,\u201d Wiafe queried in the post directed at Dr. Edward Omane-Boamah,<br \/>\na former Minister of Communications and registered member of the party in the<br \/>\nconstituency.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to the NPP activist, known NDC chieftains are<br \/>\nrunning away from the constituency betraying the quest to recapture power.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cYour constituency and branch executives are<br \/>\nfinding it very difficult to get a candidate to lead them in the 2020<br \/>\nparliamentary elections. They are now contacting some NPP members to lead them.<br \/>\nThey have contacted Nuamah Donkor who was a former NDC candidate and he has<br \/>\nruled out their proposal. Also, Haruna Appaw who was 2016 NDC candidate has<br \/>\nalso moved his wheels to Fanteakwa North (Begoro) to contest primaries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m yet to discover if they have contacted you and you<br \/>\nhave also rejected to lead them in 2020? I will be very shocked and surprised<br \/>\nif you reject their request. We in the NPP in the constituency want you to come<br \/>\nand lead your people in other to garner votes for \u2026 Mahama. Don\u2019t sit in Accra<br \/>\nalone and make noise by attacking NPP government every day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow can your constituency struggle to get a candidate<br \/>\nwhile you are there? We need competition in the constituency and so kindly come<br \/>\nand lead your party. We promise you of free and fair elections devoid of attacks<br \/>\nand character assassinations,\u201d Wiafe Debrah queried.<\/p>\n<p>In Takoradi, where the party has suspended nominations,<br \/>\nan aspirant was dropped for not \u2018carrying weight\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kofi Elias Abdul-Rahman, who showed<br \/>\ninterest in contesting, the party said there was no credible candidate, hence<br \/>\nsuspending the exercise in the city.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that the reason was an indirect insult to<br \/>\nhis person.<\/p>\n<p>In the Western Region for instance, the NDC is on the market looking for candidates in places such as Essikado, Takoradi, Kwesimuntsim, Evalue-Ajomoro-Gwira, Tarkwa Nsuaem and Amenfi East even though these are part of the party\u2019s orphan constituencies that should have been contested on Saturday. <\/p>\n<p><strong>By Fortune Alimi\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Samuel Ofosu Ampofo \u2013 NDC National Chairman The quest by the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to win the 2020\u00a0 general elections may be a boasting exercise after all. 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