President Kufuor has broken his silence. At the weekend’s NPP fundraising event in the Okai Koi North, President Kufuor reportedly said that he was going to stay neutral in the contest to elect the party’s presidential candidate for the 2008 elections. Several newspapers, including this paper, carried the story.
At The Statesman, we still stand by our view that the President is free to have a preference. However, our point has been that Kufuor should not unduly influence party officials and delegates to support his candidate of choice. So, we welcome the statement that the President has no preference. We are quick to add, however, that the assurance in his statement to the party will be most felt in deeds rather than in words. We hope the entire party, and even concerned neutrals, will be comforted by the words of the President.
Source: GhanaWeb
