Peter Bamfo Editor of the Patriot Newspaper has kicked against the proposed nomination of the widow of the murdered Member of Parliament (MP), Mr Ekow Quansah Hayford as the new Parliamentary Candidate to lead the Party in the 2020 polls.
The name of Mrs Ophelia Hayford, the wife of the deceased MP had come up strongly and sources say the National Executive Council (NEC) of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) was considering presenting her soon.
But the Editor of Patriot Newspaper has asked the NEC to rather consider Mr James Korsah-Brown as the replacement of the late Member of Parliament (MP) Ekow Quansah Hayford to help retain the party’s seat in the coming December 2020 polls.
Mr James Korsah-Brown came second in the Constituency’s NPP Parliamentary Primaries earlier this year.
“What is wrong with letting the runner up for the NPP primaries in the Mfantseman Constituency represent the party after the passing of the MP. We should not erode the decency of our culture with politics. The widow of the late Mfantseman MP should be allowed to mourn and not zoom into politics,” he told Samuel Eshun on the Happy Morning Show.
“A group in the Mfantseman constituency say the family of the late MP pushed for the wife to replace him out of their selfish interest. The National Executives of political parties always cause problems in constituencies and at the grassroots level,” he opined.
In a press statement on Wednesday, Mr Edward Afful Agyire, the conveyor of the group called ‘The Concerned Youth and Citizens of the Mfantseman constituency’ appealed to NEC to halt its decision and have a proper dialogue with stakeholders before a suitable and formidable candidate could be appointed and presented.
They said the decision on a successor should be done with a full consideration into the future development and for the good people of Mfantseman.
It noted that if the NEC refused to pay heed to their concerns, then the Party may lose the seat to the opposition party in the 2020 election.
