NDC
needs a charismatic candidate - Spio- Garbrah
Tamale, Nov. 26, GNA- Dr. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, one of
the aspiring presidential candidates for the
National Democratic Congress (NDC) has said that for
the fortunes of the party to change in the 2008
elections the party needs a charismatic candidate
who has vision.
He observed that the NDC had a problem with choosing
the right personality who could provide the needed
leadership that would propel the party into power
and said at this time in the history of the party,
when it had made some changes in its leadership it
was time for " a fresh face" in the flagbearership.
Dr. Ekow-Spio-Garbrah said this at a press
conference in Tamale on Saturday to articulate his
vision for party and to canvass for votes from the
delegates who would be electing a presidential
candidate for the party in December.
He said the race for the flagbearership of the party
was not one of "Long service award or about
sympathy" but an issue of a candidate who had the
right qualities and stood in a better stead to wrest
power from the NPP.
He said such a candidate must be charismatic,
persuasive and have the right approach to issues,
adding that, if Ghanaians wanted a change of the NPP
government then it suggested, "Charity begins at
home" and so a fresh candidate was needed for the
NDC presidential slot.
Dr. Spio-Garbrah
described himself as a student of history and said
he was not into politics for material gains but
because he had a vision and wanted to change the
fortunes of Ghana for the better.
He said apart from holding high positions when the
NDC was in power he had worked as a constituency
secretary of the party and therefore knew the
problems of the grass root foot soldiers and was
therefore in a better position to solve them.
Dr. Spio-Garbrah however, pledged to accept the
verdict of the delegates and work with whomever was
elected as the flag bearer of the party and said as
a matter of fact he had even suggested that all
those contesting for position be made to sign an
undertaking that in the event of loosing they would
not quit the NDC or go to form new parties.
He denied reports that he had ever sent insulting
text messages to Professor John Atta Mills, the two
times presidential candidate of the NDC and said he
had very good cordial relations with all those
contesting for the flagbearship of the party.
He also denied that he was now the "darling boy" of
former President Rawlings and added that he was not
receiving any favour from anyone and was only
presenting himself for the flagbearership after
consulting with the leadership of the party.
Dr. Spio-Garbrah appealed to the media to give
accurate and fair report to all those aspiring for
the presidential slot of the NDC and to avoid trying
to antagonize them.
GNA
