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March 11, 2016
Appiah Menkah Congratulates NDC
Kumasi, Dec 24, GNA- Mr A. Appiah-Menkah, a member of the
Council of Elders of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has
congratulated the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for the
peaceful manner in which the party held its recent Delegates
Congress to elect its Presidential Candidate for the 2008
general elections.
“I commend Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings, former
President and Founder of the NDC, Professor Evans Atta-
Mills, Presidential Candidate-Elect, Delegates and the
losing Presidential Aspirants for the maturity they
exhibited which ensured an incident free congress”, he
noted.
Mr Appiah-Menkah was speaking at the Annual Delegates
Conference of the Suame Constituency of the NPP at Suame in
Kumasi in Friday.
He said it was crucial for Political Parties to always
exhibit and appreciate internal democracy for the sustenance
of the country’s infant democracy.
The member of the Council of Elders noted that democracy
rests on respecting each other’s views and therefore
cautioned the citizenry to be tolerant of divergent views to
enhance the nation’s democratic dispensation.
He reiterated the call on the leadership of the NPP to
strive to increase the commitment fee of presidential
aspirants of the party to boost the financial base of the
party.
“I suggest that each presidential aspirant pays 500 million
cedis as commitment fee with the view to enriching the party
to intensify its activities aimed at enabling it chalk a
landslide victory on the 2008 elections”, he said.
Mr. Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, Member of Parliament (MP) for
Suame and the Majority Chief Whip called on the Constituency
Executives to always explain government policies to the
party members for them to be abreast with the good work
being done to help raise the standard of living of the
people.
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