No decision on primaries yet - Odododiodoo NDC Executives

Accra, July 11, GNA - No decision has been taken on the freezing of primaries by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Odododiodoo Constituency for the 2008 elections for anyone to be imposed to contest, the Executives have said.

In a statement in Accra, signed by Mr. Daniel Nii Okai, Chairman and Mr. Samuel Armah, Secretary on Wednesday, the Executives explained that the decision to hold parliamentary primaries in any constituency was the prerogative of the National Executive Committee (NEC). They stated, however, that even though they were aware that the NEC was preparing to hold primaries in "Orphaned" constituencies where the party lost in the last general elections by August this year, those with sitting NDC Members of Parliament would follow somewhere in August next year.

The statement was in reaction to a newspaper publication headed "Uneasy calm at Odododiodoo - NDC warns Vanderpuye" in which one Abbey Commey, was reported to have led a group from five unnamed branches with the excerption of Asere alleging that the MP had been imposed to contest the 2008 election.

The Executives disassociated themselves from the publication they described as "misleading and the figment of some faceless individuals' imagination and part of a Well marshaled attempt to divide the hard won reputation and loyalty of the constituents for this great party". The Executives expressed their satisfaction with the performance of the MP, Mr. Jonathan Nii Tackie Komme, since he won a bye-election to Parliament about two years ago, saying, "he has so far performed creditably well to the admiration of the Executives and majority of the people in the constituency".

They stated that members of the party who were not abreast with what they called "the MP's success story" were those who did not take active interest in NDC activities and were not "newspaper and media friendly". The statement advised members to desist from acts that could divide the ranks of the party and to respect the constitution, procedures and structures of the party to position the NDC to win the 2008 elections. 11 July 07