{"id":119305,"date":"2015-05-26T16:00:38","date_gmt":"2015-05-26T16:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=119305"},"modified":"2015-05-26T15:11:53","modified_gmt":"2015-05-26T15:11:53","slug":"pncs-chairman-to-retire-from-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/05\/pncs-chairman-to-retire-from-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"PNC\u2019s Chairman to retire from politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">National Chairman of the People\u2019s National Convention, PNC, Ahmed Ramadan will soon be\u00a0retiring from active politics after his current tenure ends.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;F6bS8rkb6C4UVd3PGdXl9svCg44OuGeL&#8221;]He was responding to rumors that he plans to contest to be presidential candidate of the party for the next general elections.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking to <strong>Citi News<\/strong>, Ahmed Ramadan says he retiring from active party politics to spend more time with his family.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI am saying it here and now that it is not my intention to contest any position in the party, I\u2019m just deciding to step aside and have some rest,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ahmed Ramadan explained that the decision is to give other young and vibrant members of the party the chance to take leadership positions in the CPP.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI have to take care of my family, I have to take care of myself, I have to continue my livestock farming business. I have given my best to the party for a long time and I think it is now time for me to give others the opportunity to do their bit but certainly, I will remain a member of the party and give advice where necessary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>PNC leadership has failed\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The PNC&#8217;s General Secretary, Bernard Mornah, had admitted that the party\u2019s poor performance in past elections is due to the collective failure of its leadership.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The PNC got less than 1% \u00a0of the total votes cast in the 2012 general elections and has only one representative in Ghana\u2019s Parliament.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to him, the dismal performance in past general elections cannot be solely blamed on any one individual but the entire leadership of the party.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI have accepted collective responsibility on the part of leadership of the party. I have not singled out any individual. I have talked about what our collective weaknesses have done and what individual weaknesses have done. Our actions and inactions have led us to where we are and so together we should find a new way out,\u201d Bernard Mornah said in an interview with <strong>Citi News<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Godwin Akweiteh Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlloteyGodwin\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @AlloteyGodwin<\/a><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Chairman of the People\u2019s National Convention, PNC, Ahmed Ramadan will soon be\u00a0retiring from active politics after his current tenure ends. 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