A New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential hopeful, Mr Alan Kyerematen, has said the party’s presidential contest is a friendly competition whose loser must support the winner to clinch power in the 2016 elections.
He discounted allegations that he had a grudge with the party’s 2012 Presidential candidate, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, saying he did not “hate” his arch-contender in the race.
“He’s my brother”, the former Minister of Trade told supporters and delegates in Accra last Saturday as he officially launched his campaign.
The former Ambassador to the US and Nana Akufo-Addo are two of five aspirants who made it to the second phase of the contest following the August 31 Special Electoral College which pruned the number of contenders from seven to five.
The other successful candidates were MPs Francis Addai-Nimoh, Joe Ghartey and Kofi Osei-Ameyaw. The last two have voluntarily opted out of the race.
Launching his campaign, Mr Kyerematen said he and Nana Akufo-Addo were on good terms, but just engaging each other in a healthy competition for the flag bearer slot.
Mr Kyerematen, who spoke at the launch at Lapaz, pledged to unite the party ahead of the 2016 elections.
“We need a strong united party for the battle front otherwise it will be difficult. If we are serious about power in 2016, we must start the process of rebuilding our party,” he said.
On a day when the party’s faithful defied the scorching sun and congregated at Lapaz in the Okaikoi North Constituency to witness the launch of Mr Kyerematen’s third bid to become the NPP flag bearer, he said he was the party’s key to victory in the 2016
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