NPP to vet parliamentary candidates

Agona Nyakrom (Central Region), 19th July 99-

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) would vet all its prospective candidates for the 2000 parliamentary primaries.

National and regional executives of the party would undertake the vetting designed to avert conflicts in the constituencies, Mr Mohammed Adu, Agona West Constituency Chairman of the party, said at Agona Nyakrom on Thursday.

Addressing an NPP rally on the selection of parliamentary candidates for the 2000 elections he noted that the candidate to be selected should be endorsed by members of the polling areas for acceptance by the constituency executives.

Only the endorsed application form is to be forwarded to the regional and national executives for consideration.

Mr Adu, urged prospective candidates to be ready to go through the process early to enable the party to prepare for the presidential and parliamentary elections.

He said the entire constituency executives were determined to work with any candidate, who would win the forthcoming parliamentary primaries.

Alhaji Abu Abass, Nyakrom ward chairman, called on the national executives to provide adequate logistic support to enhance the electioneering campaign.

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