‘Old wine’ Kwesi Botchwey ‘unfit’ for Mahama running mate – NDC Group
A National Democratic Congress (NDC) pressure group, Action Movement,
has lambasted Prof. Kwesi Botchwey over what it termed as “self
promotional gimmick” for the John Mahama’s running mate job.
According to Action Movement in a statement signed by its Leader, James
Agbey, Prof. Botchwey ought to stop attempting “to prop himself up for a
job he knows too well is beyond his reach.”
The call comes on the heels of a “false” news publication by Graphic
online suggesting that Prof. Botchwey was highly likely to emerge as the
running mate to Mahama for the 2020 general elections.
“Action Movement want to put on record that Prof Kwesi Botchwey is
certainly an old wine in a new bottle – an old guard attempting to make a
come back for the status quo.”
Action Movement believed Prof. Botchwey was adopting media antics to promote himself for the job.
Referring to the Graphic’s “fake” news, Action Movement said “We have
become aware of a news item in circulation of a purported nomination of
Prof Kwesi Botchwey as the running mate to our flagbearer, John Dramani
Mahama.”
It added that “We are also aware of the intense horse-trading, lobbying
and self promotional gimmicks by some party stalwarts including Prof
Kwesi Botchwey all in an attempt to get the flagbearer’s attention and
sway his choice of a running mate.”
“Much as we would want to treat this news item with every disdain that
it deserves, we will also like to place on record that, it is nothing
but a public relation/ self promotional gimmick by Prof Kwesi Botchwey. “
As a matter of fact, it said, Prof Botchwey’s name has not come up for
consideration by the flagbearer, neither has the flagbearer arrived at
any such decision on his choice of running mate.
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