Managing Editor of the defunct Gye Nyame Concord newspaper, Alfred Ogbamey, has warned the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) not to be overly-exultant in the fall of some NDC big shots in the party�s recent parliamentary primaries by presuming that election 2012 is a done deal.
He warns that NDC is still a formidable party and the fact that some DCEs and bigwigs in the ruling government lost in last Saturday�s primaries does not indicate a vote of no confidence as the NPP is claiming.
The NDC government ended its second leg of parliamentary primaries in orphan constituencies last week with shocking defeats to some major players in the President Mills led government.
Former Tourism and Information Minister, Zita Okaikoi lost her dreams of representing the party in the Dome-Kwabenya constituency to a relative newcomer, Sophia Karen Akuaku and in the Central region, Agriculture Minister, Kwesi Ahwoi, also failed in his bid to obtain enough votes to represent the party in the Agona East constituency.
Majority of the DCEs and MCEs who contested in the primaries also lost miserably.
This to some members of the opposition NPP, is an indication of a vote of no confidence in the President Mills administration. Some even conclude that it is a shadow of events to come.
But contributing to discussions on Peace FM�s Kokrokoo Morning Show on Thursday, Alfred Ogbamey pointed out that the NDC is a formidable electoral machine which the NPP must take cognizance of, citing the NDC�s Sunyani congress and the campaign waged prior to the congress as a typical example.
�When I hear the NPP say that because majority of DCEs and Kwesi Ahwoi lost the primaries so things have become easy; i say don�t think so...This is a party that won an election when they were in opposition, they may be having problems but the NDC is a very formidable electoral machine especially those around Mills. If you want to know how death is, look at sleep; look at the Sunyani congress and do an analysis of the campaign they waged,� he noted.
To him, even if the NDC does not know how to manage a country that well, "you can�t say that they don�t know how to campaign".
�Nobody needs to tell you that the NDC knows how to charge and run a campaign so it is a very formidable party in government, you can�t take it for granted that DCEs have lost so it is a vote of no confidence�the failure of majority of the DCEs to win their primaries could also be a good omen for the NDC since it will afford them the opportunity to right any wrongs before the 2012 elections,� Alfred Ogbamey said.
Source: Beatrice Adepa Frempong/Peacefmonline.com
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