Edward Mahama bids farewell to PNC
By Awudu Salami Sule
Accra, July 2, Ghanadot - The 2008
Presidential candidate for the Convention People's Party
(PNC), Dr Edward Mahama has finally step down as the leader
of the party.
Per the constitution of the PNC, the Presidential candidate
is the leader of the party and his exit means the party has
to convey an emergency delegate conference to elect a new
candidate. In the interim, the National Chairman of the
party is acting.
Information gathered by Ghanadot has it that, Dr Edward
Mahama at a National Executive Meeting held yesterday at the
party's headquarters in Accra tendered in his resignation
letter.
He however promised to work actively to support any
candidate that the party will choose at its emergency
congress.
Dr Edward Mahama was the presidential candidate for the PNC
in the 2000 general elections but he lost to President
Kuffour of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). In the year
2004,he contested again but to no avail as President Kuffour
won for the second time. With his determination to become
President of Ghana, Dr Edward Mahama once again contested
for the 2008 general elections and he lost to President
Mills of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
His penchant to always lead the party undoubtedly caused a
problem to the PNC as it created various factions in the
party and it was no wonder the party performed poorly in the
2008 general elections.
Meanwhile, Mr Bernard Monah, the General Secretary of the
party has revealed in an interview that the party would very
soon convey an emergency delegates conference to elect a new
Presidential candidate though he failed to give the exact
date for the conference.
Ghanadot
