Tema, June 6, GNA - Mr Abraham Osei-Aidoo, former NPP Majority Leader of Parliament said his decision to go independent in the Tema West Parliamentary contest for 2012 was non-negotiable and irrevocable.

Mr Kwasi Poku Bosompem, his spokesperson, stated in a statement that the attention of the former Majority Leader's supporters had been drawn to certain media publications by certain leading members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) that Mr Osei-Aidoo had rescinded his decision to contest as an independent candidate.

Mr Bosompem said, having nurtured and led the party in Tema West for more than a decade, and fully aware of the implications of his decision, th= e former Majority Leader was not perturbed by those publications, but would continue to remain resolute.

The spokesperson, therefore, urged the teeming supporters of the forme= r Majority Leader, to remain united and focus in the face of falsehoods and t= o continue to work hard to ensure Mr Aidoo's victory.