The governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) must necessarily win, at least, two-thirds of the 275 seats in parliament in this year’s elections on 7 December, Majority Leader Alban Bagbin has said.
Speaking at the NDC’s campaign launch in Cape Coast in the Central Region, the Nadowli-Kaleo MP said though the party was confident that President John Mahama would win a second term, “the area of uncertainty is the number of parliamentary seats the party is going to win”.
“…To surmount these challenges in the constituencies,” Mr Bagbin called on the national campaign committee “to adopt strategies tailored” at solving all interpersonal relationship issues. Those strategies, he said, must also respond to the specific needs of every constituency.
“…I believe this will ensure we win a large number in parliament. … A target of not less than a two-thirds majority in parliament is an imperative for this party and the country for two reasons: the realisation of the national call for constitutional reforms and saving the nation from the pain and waste occasioned by decisions of parliament such as the disapproval of the constitutional amendment bill 2016. This particular decision has set back the clock of democratic development…”
He appealed to the MPs, parliamentary aspirants, and all future party aspirants to place the common interest of the NDC above “parochial interests.”
According to him, Mr Mahama’s second term is “uncontestable, it is obvious His Excellency will receive a one-touch victory from Ghanaians”.
Source: Ghana/AccraFM.com
