{"id":4832,"date":"2024-04-24T13:12:14","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T13:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=4832"},"modified":"2024-04-24T13:12:14","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T13:12:14","slug":"bawumia-is-his-own-man-allow-him-to-choose-a-running-mate-npp-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=4832","title":{"rendered":"Bawumia \u2018is his own man\u2019, allow him to choose a running mate \u2013 NPP Group"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A group of supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is urging its leader, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, to ignore what they perceive to be pressure from some party factions to select their choice as his running mate for the December 2024 elections.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The group, which calls itself the Patriotic Movement for Bawumia, at a press conference in Kumasi on Sunday, April 21, advised the Vice President to show leadership by choosing a running mate who reflects his vision and judgement instead of giving in to the pressure from various quarters within the party lobbying for their preferred candidates to be his running mate.<\/p>\n

In addition, the group has criticised certain activities and tactics employed by some factions within the party, including press conferences, persistent delegations to Dr. Bawumia, petitions, and threatening remarks in the media, all aimed at coercing Dr. Bawumia into selecting their favourite candidate as his running mate.<\/p>\n

Convener of the group, James Fiifi Aggrey Eshun, emphasised the historical repercussions of yielding to internal pressures, stressing that Dr Bawumia\u2019s prerogative as the party\u2019s flagbearer is to \u201cfreely select a running mate without undue influence.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe are humbly advising our flagbearer, His Excellency Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia not to allow any individual or groups, to compel him or lure him into choosing a running mate against his actual or real choice. Allowing yourself to be manipulated in this manner has dire consequences for the party\u2019s victory in this year\u2019s presidential election.<\/p>\n

\u201cSelecting a running mate is the prerogative of the flagbearer, and under no circumstance must he or she be made to choose a running mate under duress. Furthermore, this weak means of getting a person to become a running mate, has never been the NPP\u2019s style; it is too disgracing and must cease forthwith\u201d, Eshun stated.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cAlhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia\u00a0\u2018is his own man\u2019, let us allow him to select someone he has tested and finds capable of helping him lead the NPP break the eight and consequently directing the next NPP government to continue to bring the needed development for our beloved country, Ghana\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n

\u201dWe are humbly advising our flag-bearer, His Excellency Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia not to allow any individual or groups, to compel him or lure him into choosing a running mate against his actual or real choice. Allowing yourself to be manipulated in this manner has dire consequences on the party\u2019s victory in this year\u2019s presidential election\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Moreover, the group, which is made up of prominent NPP members as well as regional and national executives, also issued a warning to those who would like to become Dr. Bawumia\u2019s running mate to abstain from sponsoring certain people or groups that are inconsistent with the NPP\u2019s way of doing things to coerce the flag-bearer into considering them.<\/p>\n

\u201dSome of the people whose names have popped up as being interested in being Dr. Bawumia\u2019s running mate have been accused of sponsoring people to hold press conferences and sign petitions to forcefully cause our flag-bearer, Dr. Bawumia make them his running mate.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis childish modus, and odd way of operating in the NPP, if true, must be condemned in no uncertain terms. Selecting a running mate is the prerogative of the flag-bearer, and under no circumstance must he or she be made to choose a running mate under duress.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFurthermore, this weak means of getting a person to become a running mate, has never been the NPP\u2019s style; it is too disgracing and must cease forthwith\u201d, the group cautioned.<\/p>\n

The group has therefore appealed to the NPP\u2019s flagbearer to disregard any such endorsements that might have come now, in the past, or in the future.<\/p>\n

The post Bawumia \u2018is his own man\u2019, allow him to choose a running mate \u2013 NPP Group<\/a> first appeared on 3News<\/a>.<\/p>

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