The Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has urged New Patriotic Party (NPP) supporters to cease putting pressure on Vice President Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia over the selection of a running partner for the 2018 elections.
Mr. Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu emphasised the necessity of giving the party’s flagbearer the freedom to pick his running companion, arguing that it would improve the party’s unity and success.
During an interview with GTV on Thursday, the Majority Leader expressed trust in Dr. Bawumia’s judgement and decision-making skills.
He asked the people to give the Vice President enough time and space to make an educated and strategic decision.
“This whole kind of intrigues and contrivance, it will suggest to some people that are you doing this to foist some people on him because he is a northerner, tying his hands behind him. That is what makes me uncomfortable, Bawumia is discerning enough, he is analytical enough, he is intelligent enough to make his own decision.”
“Let’s leave him. He has stayed long enough in the party to know the nooks and crannies of the party. Let’s leave him to make that decision,” he stressed.
