John Mahama to win 30% of NDC flag race – Bagbin

Policy of Wednesday, January 23, 2019

Source: ghanapoliticsonline.com

2019-01-23

Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, predicted that former President John Dramani Mahama would get a derisory 30% vote in the next election of the flagship of the main opposition party, the Congress national democratic.

In an interview with the 3FM based in Accra on January 22, 2019 under the control of Ghanapoliticsonline.com, Alban Bagbin said he was confident that none of the seven NDC leadership candidates would be able to achieve the 50% required by the party's constitution. confirm a legitimate flag bearer.

The Vice President, who was talking about the NDC primaries scheduled to take place on February 23, 2019, said his former president, John Dramani Mahama, was leading the race but that he could only get about 30% at the end of the contest.

The NDC primary was originally scheduled to end on Friday, December 7, 2018, in accordance with the party's constitution which elects a standard bearer exactly two years after the presidential election, though is in opposition.

But misunderstandings about the application and deposit fees for the flag candidates forced a change on January 26, 2019.

An injunction filed by two party members almost imposed an indefinite suspension of the primary, without an out-of-court agreement being reached in court.

Alban Bagbin was Housing Minister in the former Democratic National Congress headed by John Dramani Mahama and has been a member of Parliament since 1992.