Former Finance Minister Dr.Kwabena Duffuor who withdrew from the Opposition National Democratic Congress NDC presidential race less than 24 hours to the election on May 13,2023 over flawed photo album has said he remian NDC that he is not going to form any Political Party as being speculated.
The statement however failed to congratulate John Mahama on his election as flagbearer of the NDC at in the just needed primaries.
Former President John Mahama won the votes of National Democratic Congress (NDC) delegates to lead the party into the 2024 presidential election.
Certified results by the Electoral Commission (EC) show Mr Mahama polled an overwhelming 297,603 votes representing 98.9% of the total valid votes cast at the end of the NDC primaries on Saturday.
His closest contender, the former Kumasi Mayor Kojo Bonsu, polled a paltry 3,181 representing 1.1%.
The other contender in the NDC flagbearership race, former Finance Minister in the Mills regime, Kwabena Duffour, pulled out on Friday having withdrawn Injunction application placed on the election for failure by the party address its grievances on the album for the election.
Below is full statement by Dr.Kwabena Duffuor
I have become aware of some concerns from the rank and file of the NDC, that I intend to leave the NDC to form another party.
I wish to state that I have no such intentions and remain committed to the
NDC as I have always been. The NDC is my home as it is for us all and I will always remain loyal to
our party.
Let us come together towards the cause of victory for our party and progress for our nation.
The NDC belongs to us and we have a charge to keep its flame burning. So let us get to work.
When I joined the race for the flagbearership of the National Democratic Congress, I was motivated by a desire to see our party thrive as the political party of choice for every Ghanaian.
Today, that motivation
remains unchanged. Like many before me, I understand that the collective good of our party overrides our personal goals and desires.
The internal contest of ideas we engage in is simply a means to a common
end – to build upon the hard won legacy we have come to meet.
But if there is anything more I have gained from this period, it is a deepening of my love for this great party from the stories of people I was privileged to meet on the campaign trail. As such, I remain committed towards the cause of the NDC as I have in times past, for as long as our quest for a better Ghana endures.
As Ghana’s leading opposition party, the Ghanaian people are looking up to us to deliver the much needed political change this country needs.
This would require us to upscale our vigilance and insist that
the right democratic processes are followed before and during the 2024 elections. It was in the spirit of
this that I insisted that we address the challenges that were fraught with our voters register and photo
album, which resulted in my withdrawal from the presidential race.
If we are to succeed as a party in
reaching our political goals, we cannot afford to compromise on our founding ideals of probity and accountability.
Those virtues are the torch which guides our party and gives purpose to all we do.
Without them, we will lose our identity and our ability to hold others accountable in similar circumstances.
As part of my contribution to the party’s reorganisation agenda, I launched the Ahotor Project to strengthen our grassroots and ensure they are financially independent and can work effectively ahead of election 2024.
I remain committed to the continuity of this project and look forward to more of such engagements with our party base.
The story of the NDC is a story of ordinary people coming together
to challenge broken systems of cronyism. It is a story underscored by a movement of Ghanaians, resolute
in building a country where they could all belong.
These origins cannot be taken for granted. In a time of widening inequality and economic despair, we must set the pace for collective development. We are
who we are because of the strength of our roots and must continue to build the NDC from the ground up.
It is the key to our future and the engine of the Ghanaian Dream.
God bless the NDC and our nation Ghana and make her great and strong.
Signed:
Dr. Kwabena Duffuor
May 15, 2023
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Source:Mybrytfmonline.com/Obed Ansah
