{"id":9437,"date":"2014-03-28T14:16:57","date_gmt":"2014-03-28T14:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=9437"},"modified":"2014-03-28T14:16:57","modified_gmt":"2014-03-28T14:16:57","slug":"ndp-will-not-join-forces-with-npp-owusu-bempah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/03\/ndp-will-not-join-forces-with-npp-owusu-bempah\/","title":{"rendered":"NDP will not join forces with NPP \u2013 Owusu Bempah"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_9448\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9448\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/owusu_bempah.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9448\" alt=\"Ernest Owusu Bempah\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/owusu_bempah.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"265\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9448\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ernest Owusu Bempah<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The National Democratic Party (NDP) has indicated it will not enter into any alliance with the New Patriotic Party (NPP) ahead of the 2016 elections.<\/p>\n<p>This follows a call by the Chairman of the Niger\u00adian branch of the NPP, \u00a0Kofi Atiemo-Gyan, that the leadership of the NPP initiate talks with the NDP and other opposition par\u00adties to form an alliance to wrestle power from the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC).<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Citi News, the Communication Director of the NDP, Ernest Owusu Bempah said the party will contest the 2016 elections on its own.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that the NDP\u2019s ideology differs from that of the NPP adding that the party\u2019s 2012 flagbearer, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings \u201cwill be contesting the 2016 elections and she is also looking out to win the presidential seat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Bempah discounted assertions that when parties form an alliance for general elections, they are very likely to win the election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not a matter of parties ganging up to form an alliance; it\u2019s about our party going out there to win the 2016 elections,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, if only the chairman of the Electoral Commission, Afari Gyan \u201cdoesn\u2019t start his diabolical agenda again and prevent Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings\u2019 face from appearing on the paper,\u201d the NDP will win the elections.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Efua Idan Osam\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/osamidan\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @osamidan<\/a><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Democratic Party (NDP) has indicated it will not enter into any alliance with the New Patriotic Party (NPP) ahead of the 2016 elections. 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