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The leadership, National Executive Committee and entire membership of National Democratic Congress (NDC), especially youth, foot soldiers and party activists, have been urged to ensure a peaceful congress at Sunyani slated for July 8-10. The call was made by the Youth Wing of NDC UK/Ireland Chapter and the entire membership of UK and Ireland Chapter of the NDC in a statement copied to the Ghana News Agency in Accra on Thursday. They called on President John Evans Atta Mills and Former First Lady and Leader of 31st December Women�s Movement, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings and their campaign and communication teams to be cognisant of the fact that the Sunyani Congress and its outcome was not about any individual candidate, but about the overarching interest and victory of the NDC and its progress beyond Election 2012. �We entreat the candidates, their campaign teams, the youth and �foot soldiers� and the entire membership of our party to be mindful of their utterances on all platforms before, during and after congress and to respect each other�s views and overall, celebrate our diversity and the key ingredients which unite us as a party and a people,� it added. �In our view, a successful congress will build on the NDC�s credibility as an inward and structurally democratic and representative party, which embodies the people of Ghana and their interest. For the first time in Ghana�s history, an incumbent President is being contested for the flagbearership of his party.