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Its just 10months since the NDC government took office but already the politicking to the next election has begun both nationally and within the various parties.
In the NPP this is particularly tense due to the well established Democratic traditions within the Party and the closeness of the last elections which implies that all things being equal, the Party would have to do very little to win power again. This implication is even heightened by the Poor Performance of the Atta Mills/John Mahama administration which has already lost the trust of many Ghanaians.
In the NPP, it is obvious that for some it is time to continue the Internal Politicking to either keep the Party on their side or to win the Party to their side with the incentive being that the successful group has a chance of ruling the Nation.
It is therefore not a surprise that many are eagerly strategising and canvassing for support within the Party, of course through many means. It should also be stated though it is an obvious fact that the main protagonists in this struggle for the hearts and minds of the NPP are the Akufo-Addo group and the Alan Kyeremanteng Group and no amount of ostrich games can hide this fact.
Since the beginning of this year, the core campaign for the Alan Camp seems to be centred on Nana Addo’s age. This for me is a monumental strategic failure on their part as it would not sell and I intend to show why this would be so.
It is an undeniable fact that by December 2012, Nana Addo would be 68 while Alan Kyeremanteng would be 57; but this fact aside there is nothing more. Ultimately the race of the NPP flagbearership would boil down to capability, boldness, ability to work with Party ranks and care for the Grassroots; nothing more, nothing less. So all this fuss about age is much ado about nothing.
In any case let’s not forget that it is the same Alan Camp together with some of us who argued strongly in the run-up to the 2007 Congress that age has nothing to do with competence. I am therefore much amazed that the same camp would today betray this principle and turn around seeking to play on this same issue of age.
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