Source: Onuaonline.com
Hopeson Yaovi Adorye, a leading member of the Movement for Change, has dismissed the assertion that Alan Kyerematen will return to the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP).
Alan Kyerematen’s quest to contest as independent candidate on the ticket of the Alliance for Revolutionary Change (ARC), according to Mr. Adorye, is also intact.
His comments come on the back of rumours that the ruling party is doing all it can to bring back Alan Kyerematen to the NPP, with some saying he will resign from the upcoming presidential race in order not to split votes with the NPP.
But speaking with Captain Smart on ‘Maakye’ on Onua TV Wednesday, August 14, 2024, he noted that if Alan Kyerematen would rescind his decision to contest the presidency, he would have accepted the offer from the party to become running mate to the flag bearer, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia.
“It will never happen [that Alan will rescind his decision to contest the presidency]. If he would, it would be better he returned [to the NPP]. If that’s the case, he would have come at the time they were soliciting for his return to be made running mate to the flag bearer,” he stated, adding that Alan Kyerematen will become the first independent President of the Republic just as it has happened in other jurisdictions, including neighbouring Benin.
Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen served and Trade and Industry Minister under both the Akufo-Addo and John Agyekum Kufuor administrations.
He contested the flag bearer position of the party in 2023 after failing three previous attempts.
After a super delegates’ conference to prune the 10 aspirants to five, Alan Kyerematen noted that the electoral processes were schemed against him, leading to his resignation from the party even before the main contest for the flag bearer position was done.
He formed the Movement for Change and later formed an alliance with other movements and smaller political parties to make a solid front ahead of the December 2024 elections.
Source: www.onuaonline.com
