NPP presidential aspirants to sign undertaking to avoid disunity after polls

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All 10 Presidential aspirants of the NPP must sign an undertaking agreeing not to run as independent presidential candidates or represent any other political party if they are not selected by the delegates in the primary.

Additionally, the aspirants are required to sign another undertaking with the party, pledging their commitment to support the eventual winner of the party's presidential candidate election process.

The rules and regulations were issued by the National Council of NPP yesterday to guide aspirants during, before and after its upcoming presidential and parliamentary primaries.

Failure to adhere to these commitments may result in the party taking appropriate measures against the candidate.

The approved aspirants by the National Council of the party are Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, Kwadwo Poku, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, Boakye Kyerematen Agyarko, and Kwabena Agyei Agyepong.

The remaining aspirants are: Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, Dr. Kofi Konadu Apraku, Dr. Owusu Akoto Afriyie, Joe Ghartey, and Francis Addai-Nimoh.

The Special Electoral College to be held on August 26, 2023 in each of the 16 Regional capitals is to shortlist five candidates from the initial 10 aspirants. The final five will then proceed to compete in the National Congress on November 4, 2023, where the party's presidential candidate for the 2024 general election will be elected.

A statement, signed and issued by Justin Frimpong Kodua, the General Secretary of the NPP, said the decision was reached by the council at its meeting held last Thursday.

The National Council has also directed party executives at the regional and constituency levels, who intend to participate in the parliamentary primary within constituencies where there are already sitting Members of Parliament (MPs), to resign from their respective positions no later than September 20, 2023.

It has also been clarified that Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) in constituencies with sitting MPs are not eligible to contest in the parliamentary primary for those particular constituencies.

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