NPP performance is jittery - NDC

THE NATIONAL Democratic Congress (NDC) campaign machine is to start firing on all cylinders immediately, according to NDC headquarters insiders and CHRONICLE contacts in the regions.

This strategy is to enable the party take advantage of what a party chief described as jittery performance on the part of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the incumbent government's equally jittery response to situations and issues as well as the party's inability to soak pressure from the onslaughts of the opposition NDC.

"They started being jittery from day one when they took over power. All they have been doing now is arm a section of the private press to wage their war for them."

The impression one has is that the NPP appear not to be quite sure that they have won any elections. We have to take advantage of the honeymoon fever afflicting them and make enough gains as quickly as possible before they (the NPP) wake up from their slumber."

The paper learnt that in the last few weeks, all available resources are being marshalled from well-heeled party functionaries and business friends both in and outside the country to provide the necessary mobilisation for the party's foot-soldiers to enable them start organising in earnest before the Atta Mills-Kwesi Botchwey clash of the Titans.

The code-name for the project whose documents are in the possession of Chronicle was mooted a couple of weeks ago after the inauguration of the NDC Council of Elders and the Obed-Rawlings ceasefire. The paper will be publishing documents and correspondences in that regard when our forensic experts certify their authenticity.

Chronicle has also learnt that the inauguration of women and youth working committees in the Volta Region and northern parts of the country in the last couple of weeks, three clear months from the December congress, is the beginning of a series of co-ordinated programmes intended to ambush the NPP and kick it out of power in the next elections.

"Every seasoned politician knows what we are capable of when it comes to organising and mobilising people.

The NPP didn't do any effective campaigning in the last elections; it was the press that did everything for them. Now, the way they are running the economy down, it remains to be seen whether the press would stoop so low as to help them (NPP) push that agenda again," a regional organiser told the paper.

"We shall give Jake's magic back to him the way he gave it to us during the 2000 parliamentary and presidential campaign. We will be meeting him and his boys every inch of the way this time round. Already, the NPP is losing most of its boys to Kofi Wayo. That tells the whole world how vulnerable they already are after barely two years in power."

The NDC National Women's Organiser, Ms. Frances Asiam, this week confirmed the Chronicle story, affirming that the party is frantically putting vital structures in place to enable it strike and strike effectively at the party's prime political opponents, the NPP.

Calling on all politicians, irrespective of party colours, to help in instilling dignity into electioneering endeavours in the search for an enduring democracy, Ms. Asiam hoped that violence, political blackmail and calumny would be things of the past, as all politicians are expected to work towards a common goal which involves the eradication of the poor living conditions of their people, and the creation of opportunities that would lead to the economic prosperity and social well-being of the nation.