The Dispatch

Mills vrs Konadu at NDC congress

The Dispatch says in a front-page banner headline story that the trouble brewing within the ruling NDC, has the potential to test the party?s cohesiveness.

The paper says the trouble borders on the decision some influential members of the NDC to disregard President Jerry Rawlings? choice for the 2000 elections, Vice-President J.E.A. Mills.

According to the Dispatch, the members would rather want the First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings to be the party?s presidential candidate for the next general elections.

The paper says the President has, on a number of occasions, denied that his wife is interested in succeeding him.

The President is reported to have made it clear that his wife was not interested as he was not ??running a family dynasty??.

The Dispatch quotes as source close to "The konadu for president 2000" group as saying that though the First Couple had indicated that they were not interested in the presidential slot, "we think that based on the number of demands and requests from the NDC branches and organisations, the first Lady might have a change of mind".