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Aspiring Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party and Member of Parliament for Essikado-Ketan, Hon Joe Ghartey, has said that the NPP is favourite to win the 2016 General Elections. He however cautioned that, �this is not a done deal and we must work hard and unite in order to ensure that victory is ours�. Addressing the Greater Accra Regional Executive Committee of the New Patriotic Party the Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joe Ghartey, has stated that unity is the key to victory in 2016. He wondered why there were a few people in the Party who were bent on dividing the Party. He was conferring with delegates and made the point that the terminology in the Party �them and us� or �he is not one of us� should change to ALL OF US. He said he was bent on creating a kinder and gentler Party and said even though he wished everyone would vote for him he was realistic enough to recognise that this was not possible in a democratic contest. We should be kinder and gentler to ourselves he said. He made the point that those who were supporting other candidates should not be worried since he would never hold it against them. He urged the delegates to vote for peace. Joe Ghartey told the delegates that the time for change has come. He said us a Party if we did the same things in the same way we would get the same results. �A united front is perhaps the most fundamental change we have to make�, he said. Hon. Ghartey urged the delegates to vote for him since, as he put it, he is the unity candidate. The aspiring Presidential Candidate listed his track record as a true blue Party person to the Executives, beginning from 1992 when he worked as a foot soldier for the Party and a member of the team that wrote the Stolen Verdict for the Party after the 1992 General Elections to when he was Disciplinary Committee Chairman of the Greater Accra region under the Regional Chairmanship of Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey as well as his chairing of the Session of the National Conference that amended the Constitution of the NPP to expand the electoral college to the present college of over 100,000 delegates on 22nd August 2009 at the Trade Fair Centre in Accra to recently being a member of the four member Committee appointed by the National Council to review the conduct of the recent Election Petition case and make recommendations to the National Council. Hon. Ghartey said that he has always been a faithful member of the Party who has contributed in various ways, material and otherwise, to the Party since 1992. He was accompanied by his wife, Efua Ghartey, who is also a key member of the NPP, was a member of the Committee that reviewed the amendment of the Constitution and is currently a member of the Party�s Constitutional and Legal Committee.