The National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Peter Mac Manu, has said he will step aside to allow for a fresh face to lead the party into the next elections.
The party is expected to go for its national delegates congress in December to elect new officers to steer its affairs.
Explaining his position to the Daily Graphic yesterday, Mr Mac Manu, who remains the chairman of the party till December, said political office was not a permanent or family position that one must hold on to forever.
“I have taken this decision on my own volition and I will still remain a loyal member to the party,” he noted.
He described his decision as being in conformity with the practice in the NPP tradition where national chairmen, whether they won elections or not, do not seek re-election.
Mr Mac Manu, who has served the party in various capacities, including ward, constituency and regional chairman in the Western Region until he was elected the National Chairman of the party, cited the examples of chairmen such as Mr B.J. da Rocha, Mr Odoi Sykes, Mr Peter Ala Adjetey and Mr Harona Esseku who never contested their positions again after their first terms.
He said as the chairman of the party, “I took the NPP to Election 2008 but could not secure victory. I did my best but my best was not enough and as the leader of the team I take full responsibility and believe that I should allow for a fresh face and idea”.
Mr Mac Manu contested against Mr Stephen Ntim in the last national delegates congress at the University of Ghana, where he was elected chairman, along with Nana Ohene Ntow, Mr Lord Commey and Mr John Boadu as General Secretary, National Organiser and Youth Organiser, respectively.
Currently, some leading members of the party who have expressed interest in some of the national executive positions have started underground work to solicit support for their bids for positions in the party.
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