The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Fifi Kwetey, has thrown his weight behind the right of the party\u2019s National Chairman, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, to contest the presidency, saying his years of dedicated service to the party make him qualified to seek the highest political office.<\/p>\n
He said there was nothing objectionable about Mr Asiedu Nketia pursuing a presidential ambition, should he decide to enter the race.<\/p>\n
Speaking on Joy News\u2019 PM Express on Tuesday, November 3, Mr Kwetey described the NDC chairman as a committed party stalwart who had served the organisation diligently and deserved the opportunity to seek the presidency.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt shouldn’t be a problem at all. I mean, he qualifies to run for president,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Mr Kwetey added that Mr Asiedu Nketia\u2019s long service to the party, including his leadership at the highest levels, should not be a basis for denying him the opportunity to contest.<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course. I mean, he has served the party diligently. I mean, at the highest level, if he wants to go for it, should I call it the highest position of the party, why not?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Fair contest for all<\/strong><\/p>\n However, the NDC General Secretary was careful not to declare support for Mr Asiedu Nketia\u2019s possible presidential bid, insisting that his responsibility was to ensure a level playing field for all prospective candidates.<\/p>\n He said the party\u2019s leadership must strengthen the NDC as a political organisation and create conditions under which every qualified aspirant could freely pursue their ambitions.<\/p>\n Mr Kwetey said the eventual choice of a presidential candidate should rest with party members rather than individual leaders.<\/p>\n \u201cFor me, it’s not about support; at the moment, my job for now is to ensure that the party as a vehicle remains strong and ensure that we create a fair playing field for everybody and then let the party make that determination as to where next we ought to go,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n He stressed that he would not impose his personal preference on the party, adding that the decision must emerge from the collective judgement of its members.<\/p>\n \u201cSo it will not be my choice at all. It will be the choice of the masses. And our people are very discerning,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Mr Kwetey\u2019s comments come amid discussions within the NDC about possible contenders for the party\u2019s next presidential flagbearer election.<\/p>\n Mr Asiedu Nketia, popularly known as General Mosquito, has held several key positions in the party, including General Secretary and National Chairman. His possible entry into the presidential contest would add another prominent figure to the conversation about the party\u2019s future leadership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Fifi Kwetey, has thrown his weight behind the right of the party\u2019s National Chairman, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, to contest the presidency, saying his years of dedicated service to the party make him qualified to seek the highest political office. He said there was nothing objectionable about […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123458,"featured_media":18200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-news","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/123458"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18199"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18201,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18199\/revisions\/18201"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}