?Election 2000…MPs meet on Nana Konadu?s candidacy?, is splashed on the front page of the Dispatch. According to the paper, close aides of Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, have denied that she is interested ib becoming the running mate to Prof John Atta Mills, in the year 2000 presidential election. The Dispatch says the aides cold not, however, indicate whether calls on her to fill the position would be rejected. The paper says, nevertheless, some NDC Members of Parliament are scheduled to meet within the next six weeks to discuss what her reaction would be if she is called upon to accept the slot. The paper quotes sources close to the aides as saying ?we have no doubt that she is indeed a capable person, fit to be the running mate or even the President of a country, adding ?but after nearly 20 years of being the First Lady, we think she should turn down such calls?. According to the Dispatch, one of the aides admitted that before the media speculations arose, there had been enquiries from certain NDC quarters as to whether the party would consider putting her up as part of the presidential ticket.
