The Member of Parliament (MP) for Subin Constituency, Eugene Boakye Antwi, has reiterated that having a centralized poll would still have been the preferred option for the New Patriotic Party’s Super Delegates Conference on Saturday.
He said doing so would have made the process swift and would have also enhanced unity among party members for the good of the party.
Mr. Antwi was speaking in an interview with Citi News in Accra on Tuesday.
“The centralized venue has its own advantages, and I am swayed by the argument that we do not have the old congress system. The last time we had a congress was in 2007, where we all congregated in one space. Since then, we have always had the situation where all the constituencies vote at their chosen locations. So, in my view, the centralized system would have brought the 956 delegates to one central point.”
“This would have enhanced the cohesion and unity of the party. It would have also sped up the process. In a situation where, in certain regions, we have 30 delegates, or 28 delegates here and there, they would all have come together to make up the 956 delegates and voted, and the results could have been declared there and then. However, that did not happen. The point or fact still remains that having a centralized system of voting for the super delegates would have been the preferred option.” he added.
Meanwhile, he said that since the decision had already been made for the party to have decentralized polls, the party could in the future make some constitutional amendments to consider centralized polls.
In a related story, the Presidential Elections Committee of the NPP has cautioned its flag bearer aspirants that it is a criminal offense to engage in vote-buying.
The party will on Saturday hold a special delegates conference to trim the number of presidential aspirants from ten to five.
At a news conference to assure aspirants of the committee’s commitment to conduct credible and transparent elections, Chairman of the party’s Presidential elections committee warned delegates about taking phones and electronic devices to voting booths.
Ahead of the NPP’s special elections some aspirants had expressed dissatisfaction with the process and called for a level playing field for all candidates.
Some aspirants had suggested that the vice president may be receiving some preferential treatment.
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