I won't contest in 2004 - NDC MP

ONE of the oldest National Democratic Congress (NDC) Members of Parliament, Mrs Comfort Owusu, has declared her intention not to contest next year's parliamentary election on the party’s ticket.

Mrs Owusu, who has been representing Mfantseman East Parliament since 1992, was quick to explain that she is not running away from politics because the NDC has lost all the by-elections conducted since the 2000 elections but stressed that the decision is basically due to ill health.

In an interview, Mrs Owusu said she will, however, put her weight behind any person who is elected by the party as candidate to vie for the seat.

Mrs Owusu was optimistic that her seat will continue to be an NDC seat because apart from the fact that both parents of Prof Evans Atta Mills, flagbearer of the party, hail from the constituency, the people saw very significant infrastructural development under the NDC Government.

She said, for instance, that out of the 54 communities in the constituency, 48 had access to electricity under the NDC Government.

Mrs Owusu said considering the fact that the communities have seen no concrete improvement in their lives since the NPP took over the reins of government, it is obvious that the NDC will retain the seat in the next general elections. She said the NPP has to fulfil its campaign promises.

She urged all NDC members to remain loyal and forge ahead in unity to recapture power in the next general elections.