{"id":26887,"date":"2014-06-23T19:08:26","date_gmt":"2014-06-23T19:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=26887"},"modified":"2014-06-23T19:08:26","modified_gmt":"2014-06-23T19:08:26","slug":"we-are-ready-to-govern-despite-challenges-freddie-blay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/06\/we-are-ready-to-govern-despite-challenges-freddie-blay\/","title":{"rendered":"We are ready to govern despite challenges &#8211; Freddie Blay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <span class=\"GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark\" id=\"8c2425c9-12f5-44d6-9e44-ecc8bcd9f3a4\">first<\/span> Vice Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Freddie Blay has dismissed claims that the party is not ready to govern the nation due to the frequent internal wrangling it is experiencing.<\/p>\n<p>Some security personnel hired to guard the party\u2019s headquarters in Asylum Down clashed with old security guards on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The clash occurred when the old guards prevented the new guards from taking over their duties because according to them, they were not informed about the new arrangement.<\/p>\n<p>On <strong>Eyewitness News<\/strong>, Mr. Blay also dismissed assertions that the NPP is currently in crisis, explaining that the sheer magnitude of the party makes it\u00a0susceptible to challenges \u201cin terms of administration, policies and even control of the party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He indicated that the leadership of the party is taking steps to ensure they are in absolute control so as to curtail some of these challenges.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, it is no big deal for a party member to take the party to court<span class=\"GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark\" id=\"bff979cf-c4e9-46e7-84bf-f97630c2ca81\">,<\/span>adding that it would have been very much appreciated if party members did not proceed to court with party matters, but \u201cif it happens, I don\u2019t think based on that you come to the conclusion that the party is not capable of taking over power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. <span class=\"GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark\" id=\"21550bb5-5bdc-4d49-a955-3998408fb22c\">Blay<\/span> insisted that Ghanaians should not describe the party\u2019s challenges as \u201ca crisis and I will not say it is a power struggle that has affected the leadership because of a change of guards.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t interpret that to mean there is a big crisis in our party that we cannot contain or we cannot stand it; that is not the case,\u201d he maintained.<\/p>\n<p>He urged supporters and sympathizers of the party to \u201crelax\u201d and support the party, but \u201cif they are not supporting the party, they should go ahead and rejoice. 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