By William
Yaw Owusu
Friday August
31, 2018
Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana
Kingsford Bagbin, has officially notified the opposition National Democratic
Congress (NDC) that he is interested in becoming the party’s flagbearer for the
2020 presidential election.
He said in a letter to the party’s General Secretary
that his team is going to ‘share information’ with the rank and file of the
party on why the party lost power in 2016 so that the delegates will be
well-informed in the selection of the next flagbearer.
Fair
Play
He also said he was praying fervently so that there
will be “good conscience and fair play” in the process.
Mr. Bagbin, who is the NDC MP for Nadowli Kaleo, has
been firing from all cylinders since he declared his intention to lead the
party in 2020, mostly directing his ‘fire power’ on former President John
Mahama who is also contesting.
He has said variously that former President Mahama
should not be allowed to lead the party again because he is a ‘bad driver,’ who
has landed the party into a ‘ditch.’
Serious
Introspection
“I have taken this decision after serious
introspection and wide consultations with the elders, executives and the rank
and file of the party,” the letter said.
He said, “Let me take this opportunity to assure you
and the entire members of the party of a campaign devoid of insults and
personality attacks,” adding “my team, with the active support and advice of
the elders and executives, will conduct a virtuous, decorous, civil and mature
campaign.”
Right
Information
“We will share the right information with members of
the party to enable them take the right decisions towards restoring the lost
glory of the party,” he hinted and assured that “the supreme interest of the
party will be uppermost in all we do.”
Mr. Bagbin said “as we strive to build a strong
party to win Election 2020 and beyond, it is my fervent prayer that good
conscience and fair play prevail in this contest,” adding “May our social
democratic credentials shine in order to persuade the people and give hope to
Ghanaians of a better future thus pave the way for victory 2020.”
Goosie
Entry
Another NDC member, Augustus Goosie O. Tanoh,
onetime aide to former President Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings, who went into
political hibernation for many years, has resurrected his political career and
has declared that he is also contesting for the flagbearership position.
Mr. Tanoh, who abandoned the NDC ahead of the
crucial 2000 general election which the NDC lost to then opposition NPP, to
form his own NRP for which many ardent NDC members have never forgiven him
since they say his breakaway made the NDC lose that election which brought
President J.A. Kufuor and Alhaji Aliu Mahama to power, is hiding behind a group
calling itself Organising for Ghana (OfG) to re-launch his political career.
He was at the party’s headquarters at Adabraka,
Accra yesterday to submit his letter of intent to the NDC General Secretary.
New
Democratic Party
Even when he was pronouncing National Democratic
Congress he called it ‘New Democratic Congress’ before he corrected himself
along the line, saying he is coming to restore what he called ‘values’ of the
party.
“I believe that a renewed and revitalised NDC will
have the values, the organisational potentials and vision to lead Ghana to
realise the dream of the Fourth Republic,” he said.
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