{"id":23401,"date":"2024-07-27T17:28:07","date_gmt":"2024-07-27T17:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=23401"},"modified":"2024-07-27T18:37:21","modified_gmt":"2024-07-27T18:37:21","slug":"2024-elections-not-about-running-mates-rather-the-candidates-themselves-mussa-dankwa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=23401","title":{"rendered":"2024 elections not about running mates, rather the candidates themselves \u2013 Mussa Dankwa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='booster-block booster-read-block'>\n                <div class=\"twp-read-time\">\n                \t<i class=\"booster-icon twp-clock\"><\/i> <span>Read Time:<\/span>1 Minute, 16 Second                <\/div>\n\n            <\/div><p><strong>Executive Secretary of the Global InfoAnalytics, Mussa Dankwa has said that the 2024 general elections are about the flagbearers of the parties, not their running mates.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In his view, the running mates will not play 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