"NDC daydreaming; Obiri Boahen: They will not win 70% of the seats in Parliament in 2020 »

Policy of Monday, July 22, 2019

Source: citinewsroom.com

2019-07-22

Deputy Secretary General of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Obiri Boahen, refuted the claims of the minority leader and Tamale South National Congress (NDC) MP Haruna Iddrisu that the NDC is the only party in the country. ; prevail. 70% of parliamentary seats in the 2020 general election.

He said that such statements were like "dreaming awake".

Haruna Iddrisu, in a media interaction last week after filing for parliament, said the party was also on the verge of reclaiming some or all of the parliamentary seats lost in the 2016 general election in the northern region. .

He said the parliamentary seats that the party was likely to find under the names Savelugu, Nanton, Saboba, Tolon, Wulensi, Bimbilla and Gushegu had been lost to the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the 2016 general election.

He reiterated that voters were ready to vote for the CND to form the next government after the catastrophic performance of the current government.

But Nana Obiri Boahen said the NDC would not be able to win the majority of seats in parliament as claimed.

"He can continue to have hallucinations. He can continue to dream. Even choosing, completing and submitting forms has become a nightmare for the NDC and they are talking about winning majority seats in Parliament. We will give them a beat [in the 2020 elections]. "

The NPP won 169 seats in parliament in the 2016 elections, while the NDC won 106 seats.

The NPP has not yet held its parliamentary primaries, but the NDC has already started the process and will modify this week's veteran aspirants.