The Member of Parliament (MP) for the Builsa South Constituency, Mr Alhassan Azong, has in a letter pledged to support the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) unseat the President, John Dramani Mahama.<\/p>\n
The letter suggest that the People\u2019s National Convention (PNC) MP and a former presidential staffer at the Office of the President replied to the Director of Elections of the elephant family, Martin Adjei Mensah Korsah pledging his support to the NPP in Builsa South and in return, the NPP must help him retain his seat.<\/p>\n
In the letter, the MP made reference to a meeting he had with the receiver in August asking whether the party had taken a decision on his [Azong\u2019s] request to work with the NPP to make sure they win the presidential seat come December 7.<\/p>\n
The letter also suggest\u00a0 the legislator stated that he had mass followers who will join him in campaigning for the NPP to ensure that they win the 2016 presidential election.<\/p>\n
He further went on to state as captured in the letter that, he [Azong] was ready to feed the largest opposition NPP with information on how the ruling government plans \u2018\u2019rigging\u2019\u2019 the general election.<\/p>\n
In his conclusion, he admonished the party to arrange a meeting with him as soon as possible so they could sort things out because the polls were drawing close.<\/p>\n
The letter was copied to the Campaign Manager for Nana Addo and Acting General Secretary cum National Organizer, Peter Mac Manu and John Boadu respectively.<\/p>\n
The letter with heading; RE-SUPPORT TO RETAIN MY SEAT read: \u2018\u2019With reference to our last meeting dated 18th August, 2016, I wish to know the decision so far on my request to work with you to ensure that your party wins the presidential election in the Builsa-South\u00a0 Constituency.\u00a0\u00a0 There is no gainsaying the fact that I am a popular in the constituency and have mass followers having represented my people twice in parliament.<\/p>\n
As I stated at that meeting, I need your support so as to enable me retain my seat considering the treatment I am receiving at the hands of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). And I want to state here that I am still committed to my promise to feed with information about how the NDC intends to rig this year\u2019s elections so that you can put in place measure to scuttle their plans. In this regard I will appreciate if we could meet in the earliest possible time to sort things out since we have few weeks to the elections. I will let you know what I want you to do for me, and I will equally give you some information that will help you win the presidency.\u00a0\u00a0 I\u2019m looking forward to having fruitful response from you.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Member of Parliament (MP) for the Builsa South Constituency, Mr Alhassan Azong, has in a letter pledged to support the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) unseat the President, John Dramani Mahama. The letter suggest that the People\u2019s National Convention (PNC) MP and a former presidential staffer at the Office of the President replied to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":271231,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n