Daughter of former President Rawlings, Dr. Zanetor Rawlings, has defeated the incumbent Member of Parliament for the Klottey Korle Constituency of the Greater Accra Region, Nii Armah Ashietey, in the party’s parliamentary primary.
Zanetor polled 2,748 representing 58.84%, while Nii Armah Ashietey managed 1,746 representing 37.51% of the votes.
The other aspirant, Nii John Coleman, had 152 votes representing 3.24%.
The total number of rejected votes were 19.
[contextly_sidebar id=”I0P7URvNDatXdlarTgCLW5h1szJwb5kQ”]The daughter of the former President contested fiercely to emerge winner.
Some ‘faceless’ members of the constituency questioned her loyalty, claiming they did not know her as a member of the NDC.
Some months ago, the constituency was splashed with posters with images, supposedly of all three children of the former President, including Dr. Zanetor, wearing the colors of the break-away National Democratic Party (NDP), which coincidentally is led by their mother, Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings.
She however rubbished those claims, insisting she is a member of the NDC.
She urged the constituents to ignore attempts to paint her as an outsider.
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By: Marian Ansah/citifmonline.com/Ghana
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