Carlos Ahenkorah, a member of parliament representing Tema West Constituency, has underlined that the party runs the risk of losing the 2024 presidential elections if it does not choose a candidate from its Ashanti Region heartland.
Alan John Kyerematen, a former minister of trade and industry, is the best choice for the party for the 2024 elections, according to Mr. Ahenkorah, who was a guest on the GhanaAkoma morning program with Aduanaba Kofi Asante Ennin.
He thinks it’s time for the party to remove a member from a stronghold.
“Politics is about numbers. If you say your stronghold is a particular area, and you cannot get maximum votes from there, can you win? We all here know that as for NPP, since the return to multi-party rule, our stronghold is the Ashanti Region.
“So if the party wants someone who will become president, we need someone who has political capital in the Ashanti Region,” he stated.
The Volta Region, which is the heartland of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has guaranteed him their votes, making him the ideal choice for the NPP, he said, adding that the NPP as a party must also consider a candidate who can make advances in the stronghold of the opposition.
“Apart from that, we need a candidate who can also make inroads into the opposition stronghold which is the Volta Region. It is not the case that the Volta Region does not like the NPP,” he said.
Source: Mybrytfmonline.com/Joseph Asare
