Former President John Mahama said he will support whoever contests as flagbearer to lead the National Democratic Congress (NDC) ahead of elections 2020.
According to him, he is a committed member and will offer his support to the party’s flagbearer.
“I am saying that whoever leads the party, I’m a committed member, I’ll support that person to the hilt. And, so, going on air and blaming so and so for this and that, I don’t think it helps the unity [of the party]. At this time, we must be standing together,” he said.
The former president called for unity within the party towards the future. He said the party needs proper reorganisation to contest with the ruling NPP in election 2020.
Speaking at a meeting with his former appointees, Mahama said “If you ride a lame horse into a race and you lose the race, your priority must be to cure the lameness of the horse and not about who’ll ride the horse again. You have to cure the horse and make sure it’s no longer lame.
“And once you have a fit, healthy horse, it will throw up who the jockey should be. And so absolutely, I believe that the issue of leadership is based on the dynamics of the time. If we do our work well, we do good branch reorganization, bring it to the constituency level, to the regional level and have a strong, healthy party, the dynamics of the time will determine who should lead the party.
“And I am saying that whoever leads the party, I’m a committed member, I’ll support that person to the hilt. And, so, going on air and blaming so and so for this and that, I don’t think it helps the unity [of the party]. At this time, we must be standing together.”
