Call for early congress nothing new — Asiedu Nketia

The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has said the call for an early congress by some party members is nothing new.

According to him, the party’s constitution makes provision for an early congress, hence those calling for such are not calling for anything new.

He was responding to calls by some members of the NDC for the party to go for an early congress after the humiliating defeat in the 2016 general election.

A former Lawra/Nandom Member of Parliament (MP), Dr Benjamin Kunbour, noted that it would be in the interest of the party to hold an early congress to elect a presidential candidate for the 2020 election.

According to him, the NDC constitution should be ‘explored in times of challenges’, adding that the time had come for the leadership of the party to “use those powers to resolve a number of issues, and I guess this is a useful thing we should be looking at.”

Some groups affiliated to the party have also made the same call, but responding to the call at a press conference held at the party’s headquarters last week Wednesday, Mr Nketia said the party failed to respond to those calls because it was a constitutional provision and nothing new for the party.