Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has urged supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to refrain from exerting pressure on Vice President Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia regarding the selection of his running mate for the upcoming elections.
In an interview on GTV, Mr. Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu stressed the importance of allowing the NPP’s flagbearer the independence to choose his running mate, emphasizing that this approach would contribute to party unity and success.
Expressing confidence in Dr. Bawumia’s decision-making abilities, the Majority Leader called on the public to afford the Vice President the necessary time and space to make a well-informed and strategic choice.
“This whole kind of intrigues and contrivance, it will suggest to some people that are you doing this to foist some people on him because he is a northerner, tying his hands behind him. That is what makes me uncomfortable, Bawumia is discerning enough, he is analytical enough, he is intelligent enough to make his own decision.”
“Let’s leave him. He has stayed long enough in the party to know the nooks and crannies of the party. Let’s leave him to make that decision,” he stressed.
Shortly after Dr Bawumia was elected flagbearer of the NPP in November 2023, a list purportedly unveiling a roster of individuals eyeing the Vice President slot emerged on social media.
The unverified compilation consisted of names like Chief of Staff, Frema Opare; Roads Minister, Kwasi Amoako Atta; Communications Minister, Ursula Owusu; Energy Minister, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, Education Minister, Yaw Osei Adutwum, among others.
Many in Ashanti Region have thrown their support behind Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh. Political personalities say selecting a running mate from the Ashanti Region will boost the Vice President’s chances of winning.