The Director of Operations for Kennedy Agyapong’s Campaign Team, Charles Bissue, has stated that the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) flagbearership is not an automatic entitlement for any former presidential candidate.

Speaking in an interview on Rainbow Radio on Thursday, September 25, 2025, Bissue insisted that the NPP’s internal democratic processes must be respected.

He argued that the party’s constitution does not grant automatic flagbearership to anyone, regardless of past contests.

Bissue explained that if the position of flagbearer were to be an automatic right, there would be no need to hold primaries.

I’m happy to be prosecuted under an NDC gov’t - Charles Bissue

According to him, opening up the contest is the only way to ensure fairness and strengthen the democratic tradition within the party.

“The 2026 flagbearership isn’t an automatic right for any former presidential candidate. Let’s allow due process to run,” he stressed.

Bissue further noted that competition in the primaries gives party members the opportunity to choose a leader who best represents their aspirations ahead of the national elections.

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