Private legal practitioner, Iddi Muhayu-Deen, has refuted claims that the decision by the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the (NPP) to elect the party's flagbearer before its executives violates the party's traditional 'bottom-to-top' approach.
In a write-up sighted by , he explained that the election of the flagbearer is distinct from the party's national and grassroots elections, which are required to follow the 'bottom-to-top' approach.
He emphasised that the NEC of the NPP is mandated by the party's constitution to organise the flagbearership election at any time it deems appropriate. "The NPP is not, and has never contemplated, changing its traditional approach to electing party executives.
Article 5(2) of the NPP Constitution provides the structure and organisation of the party, stating: 'The Party shall be based on Polling Station, Electoral Area, Constituency, External, Regional, and National Organisations.' "In line with this, the party has always elected executives starting from the Polling Station level, to the Electoral Area, Constituency, Regional, and then to the National level, that is, the Bottom-to-Top Approach, and will continue to do exactly that.
