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With barely twelve hours to the much anticipated National Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential and parliamentary primaries, one of the major contenders in the Presidential race, Dr Kwabena Duffuor has pulled out of the race.
He made this known during a press conference on Friday, May 12, 2023, explaining that the party is not ready to conduct a free and fair election.
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He said the exercise has been marred by a lot of irregularities; a situation which has not been resolved by the leadership of the party.
On the back of this, he, therefore, stressed that he will no longer vie for the flagbearership of the NDC; adding he’ll still keep in touch with the grassroots.
“As at this time, the party has begun distributing the ballot papers to the various regions and constituencies without our involvement. I wish to reiterate my commitment to the party and grassroots, however my concerns that the party is not ready to conduct free and fair elections is evident for all of us to see,” Dr Duffour said.
“Taking part in such an event will be acting to knowing drinking from a poisoned calabash. After consulting with my support base nationwide, I have been left with no choice but to withdraw as I cannot contest in an election blatantly flawed with irregularities regardless of all my effort to draw attention to the same.”
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This comes hours after Dr Duffour withdrew the suit he had filed against the NDC following what he says are some discrepancies his team has identified in the party’s voters register to be used for the exercise.
At the court, the NDC contended that it has so far rectified most of the errors that have been identified by Dr Duffuor’s team.
Lawyers for Dr Duffour withdrew the case on his behalf and the court struck out the injunction application they had filed.
Meanwhile, the NDC primaries will come off on Saturday as scheduled.
Source: TheIndependentGhana | Read More
