Merit
should
be
the
only
yardstick
-
Spio-Garbrah
Sekondi,
Dec.12,
GNA-
Delegates
attending
the
upcoming
congress
of
the
National
Democratic
Congress
(NDC)
have
been
told
to
allow
merit
and
not
sympathy
or
any
other
considerations
to
inform
their
decision
to
elect
a
capable
flagbearer.
Dr.
Ekwow
Spio-Garbrah,
one
of
the
aspiring
NDC
flagbearers
said
the
three
other
aspirants
must
not
go
back
on
the
promise
and
the
pact
they
signed
to
remain
loyal
to
the
party
and
support
whoever
wins
the
race.
He
was
briefing
Journalists
at
Sekondi
at
the
end
of
his
tour
of
the
northern
parts
of
the
Western
Region
as
part
of
his
campaign
to
canvas
for
votes
at
the
congress.
Dr.
Spio-Garbrah
said
he
has
the
exuberance,
personality,
experience
and
everything
it
takes
to
lead
the
NDC
to
victory
in
2008.
He
likened
his
personality,
youthfulness
and
courage
to
former
President
Rawlings
who
had
large
following
when
he
became
the
leader
of
the
country
and
said
there
was
the
indication
that
he
would
be
the
"obvious
choice"
of
the
delegates.
"Election
is a
political
battlefield
that
needs
a
strategist
to
win",
he
stated
and
said
he
had
nominated
four
people
including
a
woman
to
be
his
running
mate
should
he
win.
Dr.
Spio-Garbrah
said
should
he
win,
one
of
his
main
priorities
would
be
to
strengthen
the
party
structures
by
providing
them
with
the
needed
logistics
so
that
they
could
function
more
efficiently.
He
stressed
that
what
the
country
needs
now
was
a
"transformation
president
who
will
be
capable
of
moving
the
nation
forward".
Dr.
Spio-Garbrah
said
none
of
the
other
aspirants
posed
a
threat
to
his
ambition
and
those
who
have
predicted
that
he
would
not
clinch
victory
"will
live
to
eat
their
own
words"
after
the
congress.
GNA
