The National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Mr Jake Obestebi Otanka Lamptey, has indicated that the decision to nominate the party’s running mate will not be made on the basis of organised lobbying.
He said that Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo, the presidential candidate of the party, would nominate his running mate in consultation with the National Council of the party as part of the launch of the final phase of his campaign.
In a statement he said that “this is what we have traditionally done, and this is what we will do this time.”
Article 12(B) of the NPP constitution states that: "The Party’s Presidential Candidate shall, in consultation with the National Council, nominate the Vice-Presidential Candidate."
In particular, Mr Obestebi Lamptey pointed out that “it takes a strong position against those who seek to champion one candidate or the other through media lobbying.”
Accordingly, he advised all those who wished to champion a candidate to desist from doing so.
Instead, he called on all such people to focus on the real work the party had to do on the ground to win both the presidential and parliamentary elections in 2012.
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