NDC next Flagbearer: We should allow Mahama to continue working – Attorney General

The Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Dr Dominic Akuritinga Ayine, has described ongoing discussions within the National Democratic Congress (NDC) over flagbearership as an unnecessary distraction.

He said the focus of government appointees and party members should be on delivering governance priorities rather than engaging in early succession debates.

Speaking in an interview on Bolgatanga-based A1 Radio, Dr Ayine, who is also the Member of Parliament for Bolga East, stressed that President Mahama has completed only one year in office and should be allowed to focus on his mandate without political speculation.

“I am more interested in working to be a good Attorney General and serving the people of this country. I am not very keen on who succeeds the President. In fact, it is not something I think about regularly because I believe it is a distraction. The President has done just one year. We should allow him to continue working. At the appropriate time after we have conducted our party elections and selected our branch, constituency, regional, and national executives then those who wish to contest can come forward,” he explained.

He added that succession discussions should only begin when the party is institutionally ready.

“We should be more interested in the welfare-enhancing programmes of the government than in who is going to succeed His Excellency,” he said…CONTINUE MORE READING>>>