 flagbearer hopeful Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, Dr Ekua Amoakoh, has refuted claims that MPs endorsing){kind=link}
An aide to New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer hopeful Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, Dr Ekua Amoakoh, has refuted claims that MPs endorsing the former vice president are being manipulated.
According to Dr Ekua Amoakoh, the complaints from rivals show they are panicking following the wave of MP endorsements in the Eastern Region.
She emphasised that rivals are creating the impression that the MPs are like clay to be moulded or manipulated.
Speaking on Channel One’s Newsroom on Friday, September 26, Dr Ekua Amoakoh stated, “In any contest, when you hear one side beginning to complain a lot and always make excuses, it just means one thing — that that side is losing.”
“I hate it when we create the impression that people are manipulable or that they are like clay in the hands of people to be moulded. I don’t think the MPs are children or that they can be manipulated to do A or B. For all of them to boldly come forward and speak to their constituents on behalf of His Excellency Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, I don’t think it’s a small thing.”
“I also see how our opponents will downplay this kind of event. It only means that it really hit them at the core of their campaigns”, she added.
Her remarks follow the Achiase MP, Kofi Ahenkorah Marfo, who has revealed that 15 out of the 23 New Patriotic Party (NPP) Members of Parliament in the Eastern Region have declared their support for Dr Mahamudu Bawumia’s presidential ambitions.
Speaking on behalf of his colleagues on Wednesday, September 24, Kofi Ahenkorah Marfo revealed that Dr Bawumia can lead the NPP to victory in the 2028 general elections.
The 15 MPs include,
Charles Asuako Owiredu (Abirem)
Kingsley Ahenkora Marfo (Achiase)
Alex Agyare (Kade)
Ida Adwoa Asiedu (Ayensuano)
Korkor Asante (Atiwa West)
Kojo Oppong Nkrumah (Ofoase Ayirebi )
Nana Ampaw Addo-Frempong (Abuakwa North)
Kwame Appiah Kodua (Fanteakwa North)
Duke Ofori-Atta (Fanteakwa South)
Frank Asiedu Bekoe (Suhum)
Frank Annoh Dompreh (Nsawam Adoagyiri)
Sammi Awuku (Akuapem North)
Kofi Okyere Baafi (New Juaben South)
Akwasi Acquah (Oda)
Kingsley Agyemang (Abuakwa South)
Meanwhile, Dr Bryan Acheampong, the Member of Parliament for Abetifi and a presidential hopeful of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has confidently stated he is going to win in the 15 constituencies that the MPs declared support for Dr Mahamudu Bawumia.
According to Dr Bryan Acheampong, most of the 15 Members of Parliament who declared support for Bawumia called him afterwards.
He further revealed that he texted Dr Bawumia, warning him to fear delegates.
Dr Acheampong highlighted that in the Eastern region, 20,000 NPP delegates are voting and out of that, only 15 support Bawumia.
Speaking during his campaign run in Achiase in the Eastern Region, Dr Bryan Acheampong stated, “In the Eastern region, 20,000 delegates are voting here. Some days ago, I heard 15 MPs in the Eastern Region declared their support for Bawumia. 20,000 people are voting here, and out of that, 15 are saying they are supporting someone else.
They even organised a press conference about it, and the truth is that after the press conference, they even called me. But I have texted Dr Bawumia to fear the delegates”.
He added, “In the Eastern Region, those 15 people who have declared support for another person, I will win their constituencies one by one. The one who led the press conference, this is his constituency, and I am going to win here as well. Kofi, wherever you are, can you hear your people are saying they will not vote for your man?”