{"id":160728,"date":"2015-10-19T13:41:11","date_gmt":"2015-10-19T13:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=160728"},"modified":"2015-10-19T20:44:00","modified_gmt":"2015-10-19T20:44:00","slug":"choose-parliamentary-candidates-wisely-mahama-to-delegates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/10\/choose-parliamentary-candidates-wisely-mahama-to-delegates\/","title":{"rendered":"Choose parliamentary candidates wisely \u2013 Mahama to delegates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">President John Dramani Mahama has asked delegates of the National\u00a0Democratic Congress (NDC) to be prudent in their selection of parliamentary candidates in the party\u2019s upcoming primaries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The party goes to the polls on November 7, to elect parliamentary reps and a presidential candidate, ahead of the 2016 general elections.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;9YwInTpYwnYhCMwzfpVi0V6pOsOJiT6a&#8221;]In a bid to avoid what has become known as \u2018skirt and blouse\u2019 voting in the Ghanaian political scene where disgruntled party followers vote for the presidential candidate but against the parliamentary candidate, President Mahama is urging delegates to choose wisely.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to him, when delegates are able to select the preferred candidates, he or she gets the support of all for the benefit of the party.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The president made the appeal during an interaction with members at the Ahinsan Youth Centre in Kumasi, in the Ashanti Region, ahead of a sod-cutting ceremony to pave way for construction works at the Kejetia Market.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe lost the parliamentary seat but won the presidential; it only proves that the candidate was not the best for the people, so this time we are going to be more focused on choosing someone who will represent the party better. 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