Allow incumbent NPP MPs to run unopposed in the 2024 elections – Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, the Majority Leader,
Has recommended that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) allow incumbent Members of Parliament (MPs) to run unopposed in the 2023 primaries. He feels that the selection process does not have to be conducted through an election, which he claims "has frequently turned nasty." Mr Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu slammed attempts by certain NPP members to oust incumbent MPs, particularly first-term legislators. According to the Majority Leader, such undesirable activities divert MPs' attention and negatively affect their attendance in Parliament, which has an impact on the conduct of government business. "To avoid any derailment in the party's onward march, the National Party should own the process of picking candidates." In this regard, I recommend to the party that constituencies be urged to adopt incumbent MPs to the greatest extent feasible for the purposes of the upcoming general elections, as any free-for-all election that is not led or guarded will destabilize our great party...