Members of Alan Kyerematen’s Northern Region campaign team have proclaimed their support for Dr Mahamudu Bawumia ahead of the New Patriotic Party’s National Delegates Conference in November.
This comes after Alan Kyerematen resigned from the NPP in a highly publicised news conference on Monday.
Chabite Moses Moye, an administrator of the Alan campaign team in the region, expressed dismay at Mr Kyerematen’s decision to leave the New Patriotic Party at a news conference in Tamale on Tuesday.
He emphasised that the campaign team’s support for Alan Kyerematen was related to his NPP membership and that by breaking links with the party, the former flagbearer contender had also broken relations with his regional support base.
Members of Alan Kyerematen’s Northern Region campaign team have proclaimed their support for Dr Mahamudu Bawumia ahead of the New Patriotic Party’s National Delegates Conference in November.
This comes after Alan Kyerematen resigned from the NPP in a highly publicised news conference on Monday.
Chabite Moses Moye, an administrator of the Alan campaign team in the region, expressed dismay at Mr Kyerematen’s decision to leave the New Patriotic Party at a news conference in Tamale on Tuesday.
He emphasised that the campaign team’s support for Alan Kyerematen was related to his NPP membership and that by breaking links with the party, the former flagbearer contender had also broken relations with his regional support base.
According to the organisation, following Mr Kyerematen’s resignation, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia now stands as the best choice to lead the NPP into the 2024 election, which is why they have decided to endorse him.
“All signs show that the vice president, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia who is also contesting will win. We have to work for the party. We will surely work with him and make sure that he gets the nod and continue to work for NPP to win power in 2024,” he stated.
Mr Chabite emphasised that the team would continue to assist the NPP and would not betray the party for Alan’s personal gain.
He criticised Alan’s decision not to run in the party’s election, accusing him of forsaking his faithful supporters.
“We are concerned, former supporters of Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen’s presidential candidacy of NPP are here today to express our profound disappointment with Mr Kyerematen. We as individuals have steadfastly believed in Alan within our party. We have diligently supported his campaign and believe in his potential to lead NPP.
“However, Alan chose to withdraw from the race without prior notice, citing isolated incidents of violence after our special delegates’ conference. This decision has inflicted unnecessary hardship on us because we firmly believe that the grassroots was firmly behind him. We were shocked and dismayed when he withdrew from the November presidential election.
“We can only describe this action as cowardly, and a betrayal of his loyal supporters. Today, we think of the party first, our support for him was rooted in NPP and not as an individual. We were shocked by his resignation from NPP, and some of us were disappointed. We will not betray our party, we remain NPP”.
Mr Kyerematen’s decision was welcomed by the NPP at a news conference on Tuesday.
