Ensure peaceful parliamentary primary – NDC Regional Chairman

The Central Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress, (NDC) Mr Samuel Adu-Yeboah, has appealed to the aspirants to the parliamentary primary to desist from attacking their opponents with insults and mudslinging in campaigning for votes.

Mr Adu-Yeboah also cautioned them against indulging in behaviours which could divide the members instead of uniting them.

Addressing a party meeting at Cape coast, the Regional Chairman reminded the Party about the great task ahead them in the 2012 general election.

A party parliamentary primary, he said, was a family affair which must be handled in a manner in which the peace and unity in the Party would not be disturbed.

He cautioned the supporters of the aspirants to be civil in campaigning for their favourites.

Mr Adu-Yeboah, who is a lawyer by profession, exhorted party executives in the constituencies to create level playing fields for all aspirants and desist from supporting anyone of them.

He appealed to the executives and the youth not to prevent any member from contesting the election.

“You have no right to reject any aspirants,” he said and added, “that is the work of the vetting committee”.

The Chairman expressed concern about the inability of NDC supporters to make phone-in calls to refute false allegations and misinformation the New Patriotic Party supporters had been selling to the public on the airwaves.

“Silence, the adage says, means concern, so if we allow the lies to go on unanswered it will mean what they are saying is the truth,” he said.

He appealed to the FM Stations to give equal opportunities to all political party supporters to express their views.