The National Executive Council (NEC) of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has barred Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) from contesting sitting NPP Members of Parliament on the same ticket ahead of the 2024 elections.
The party also barred national, regional, and constituency executives from also contesting in constituencies where there are sitting MPs.
Per the National Council’s decision, all MMDCEs who wish to contest as MPs would have to resign their position before the internal party elections.
The executive council in a statement released on Monday, April 3, 2023, to announce dates for the party’s presidential and parliamentary primaries, said “The National Council has barred National, Regional, Constituency Party Executives and MMDCEs from contesting in constituencies where the party has sitting Members of Parliament.
In a bid to win the 2024 general elections, the New Patriotic Party announced it will hold its presidential primaries in November this year and the parliamentary primaries in February 2024.
The decision to bar MMDCEs, according to the party, is to eliminate the rivalry between the sitting MPs and the MMDCEs and other problems that may arise in the party’s primary in those areas across the country as it believes a united front is needed to “break the 8” in 2024.
