Pollster
Ben Ephson has admonished the National Executive Council of the
opposition New Patriotic Party to review the proposal by some leading
members of the party that sitting NPP Members of Parliament should be
made to retain their seats without going for primaries.
According to him, such proposal is a "recipe for disaster."
Speaking
in an interview with Radio Gold, Ben Ephson was of the view that the
retention of the MPs in their seats will spell doom for the party's
fortunes, come 2016.
This is because "if they have forgotten,
that was the same thing that the NPP did when they stifled the attempt
by persons who wanted to contest in 2008. Even with the three who went
independent in 2008, they won their seats and fourteen of such persons
went independent…that accumulated in a huge drop of more than 400000
votes against the NPP in 2008 (first round). So, this panacea is even
worse than that,” he explained.
He also held strongly that such
suggestion on the party front is "an election-losing strategy" and a
"total disaster,” hence the need for a thorough evaluation to be done by
the executives before considering the possibility to retain the MPs or
go for an early congress.
Touching on the proposal before the
party to go for an early congress to elect a Presidential candidate, Ben
Ephson disagreed with the party’s position and posited that the
proponents "feel threatened,” a reason for their proposition.
He
explained that the NPP will be using the same Electoral College in 2010
which would not augur well for the party and also revealed that some
regional and national executives of the party are behind the move to go
for an early congress. |
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