The New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary aspirant for the Klottey-Korle Constituency, Philip Addison, has downplayed suggestions that former President Jerry John Rawlings would\u00a0have an influence on the outcome of the elections in the area, because\u00a0his daughter is currently the parliamentary nominee\u00a0elected by the NDC\u00a0\u00a0to run on their ticket.<\/p>\n
He argued that the influence of the former President has waned over the years, and hence cannot influence his\u00a0daughter’s electoral fortunes.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”3aHz1iHyX8vzkYqnqnDUg8VOnqrSr5WO”]Should Philip Addison win the NPP\u2019s Klottey-Korle primary next week, he will come\u00a0up against the National Democratic Congress\u2019 Dr. Zanetor Rawlings for the seat in the November polls, only if she manages to clear the lawsuit challenging her credibility.<\/p>\n
Results of the previous primary <\/strong><\/p>\n In the previous primary, Philip Addison, who was lead counsel for the NPP\u2019s 2012 election petition, polled a meager 22 votes, while Nii Nortey, polled 393 votes, with Nii Adjei Tawiah securing\u00a019 votes.<\/p>\n The two defeated candidates were unhappy with the outcome and called\u00a0the election a sham. They had sought to convince the party to address their concerns internally, but that failed, forcing them to go to court.<\/p>\n During the court proceedings, the party tried to get them to settle out of court, but that also failed.<\/p>\n Eventually, the ruling by the court although unclear, appears to have suggested a re-run of the polls.<\/p>\n A statement signed by NPP\u2019s acting General Secretary, John Boadu, said the Klottey Korle primary is now scheduled for Saturday February 27, 2016.<\/p>\n Addison remains confident<\/strong><\/p>\n Speaking to Citi News,<\/strong> Philip Addison said he is more popular in the constituency than Dr. Zanetor Rawlings.<\/p>\n He also rubbished suggestion that Zanetor’s popularity would see her triumph in the general election.<\/p>\n \u201cFirst of all, I think it is a mistake to talk about her popularity. I don\u2019t think she is popular. I don\u2019t think anybody knows her. The person they know is her father.\u201d<\/p>\n According to him, Zanetor is riding on her father, former President Jerry Rawlings\u2019 reputation but even that isn\u2019t enough to guarantee her and the NDC victory in the polls.<\/p>\n \u201cHer father was there and we won that seat on two occasions. After so many years in power, if they couldn\u2019t win the seats during those periods, now that he is out of power, what extraordinary thing can he provide to let them win?\u201d<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary aspirant for the Klottey-Korle Constituency, Philip Addison, has downplayed suggestions that former President Jerry John Rawlings would\u00a0have an influence on the outcome of the elections in the area, because\u00a0his daughter is currently the parliamentary nominee\u00a0elected by the NDC\u00a0\u00a0to run on their ticket. He argued that the influence of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[58,11],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n