Although not 100% certain of his comeback, Mr. Addison said he is currently ensuring that all the obstacles that blocked the NPP’s victory in the last election are removed.

“At the moment it is not 100%, but I’m trying to make sure that all those obstacles that prevented us from winning the seat the last time around are removed. When the time comes for us to cross the road, we will cross it,” he said in a Citi News interview.

[contextly_sidebar id=”9Bhdh1xLxfH3Wa5H25XgP2w5hMmCmYAK”]Addison lost to Zanetor Rawlings, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate for the constituency during the 2016 general elections.

Many political observers concluded that the NPP’s defeat was largely caused by a divided front in the constituency.

Mr. Addison, who was one f the lead lawyers when the NPP challenged the ooutcome of the 2012 presidential elections in the Supreme Court, defeated Nii Noi Nortey in the NPP’s parliamentary primary held prior to the 2016 general elections in a rather controversial manner.

Unhappy with some issues that rocked the primary, Nii Nortey left the party and contested as an independent candidate in the constituency.

Both men could not get the majority votes to represent the constituency in Parliament, thus giving the NDC’s Zanetor Rawlings, daughter of former President Rawlings a resounding victory.

Speaking to Citi News ahead of the NPP’s constituency primaries on Saturday, Mr. Addison urged members of the party in the constituency to remain calm and desist from acts that could undermine party unity.

“I think the NPP is now united; you will see that in the last elections we won the presidential and lost the parliament. I think that of all the constituencies along the coast, we should have done a double,” he added.

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Mr. Rockson said his decision was due to his party`s inability to support his cause in the constituency.

At a press conference today in Accra, Mr. Rockson announced that, “I have come to this conclusion due to numerous development projects Dr. Rawlings have secured for the people of Klottey Korley hence the overwhelming support she has received in the constituency.”

“She is one politician who speaks on issues and has never attacked any political opponent since she began her campaign in this constituency. The NDC is blessed to have such a candidate to lead them; I can see clearly that victory awaits her come December 7.

“I will urge all my supporters and counterparts who have the people of Klottey Korle at heart to do same because Dr. Zanetor Rawlings has proven to be the best candidate to lead the constituency.”

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According to Mr Vandepuije, who is seeking election as Member of Parliament for the Ablekuma South constituency, his actions  demonstrate skills that could make him relate easily with the constituents.

Photos that circulated on social media last week showed the NDC parliamentary candidate braiding the hair, and helping some electorates with the preparation of banku on one of his campaign activities in the area.

But in an interview with GHOne TV, the Accra MCE said “leadership is all about letting the people know that you have the skills. If you are going to an MP for a community, you must identify with the people. I, as Oko Vandepuije have skills. Braiding people’s hair is part of the hairdressing business, the salon business. So me demonstrating in public that I have that skills, I identify with the salon operators. That under Oko Vandepuije, we’ll bring support to the salons.”

“With me turning the banku, it is me showing them that I can cook. I am bringing a message of hope to our restaurants, to our women who cook banku along the roads and sell them. What I am telling them is that, with me, there is going to be advancement, we will create better restaurants, we will help them to set up. Me going to the sewing centres, I am demonstrating that I know how to sew. I am identifying with the tailors and seamstress and that I will work with them. We will bring economic empowerment,” he added.

As the campaign for election 2016 intensifies and parliamentary candidates are using different of methods to entice voters.

Earlier this month, the NDC parliamentary candidate of the Klottey Korle Constituency in the Greater Accra Region, Zanetor Rawlings embarked on her campaign ahead the December polls on a bicycle, an act many consider unusual of an aspiring public officer in Ghana.

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