Member of Parliament for Akim Swedru, Kennedy Osei Nyarko holds the view that the leadership of the New Patriotic Party must place a ban on public endorsement of candidates for the flagbearership race.

He believes that the public endorsements are part of the reason why there is tension in the political party.

To him, this has in the past affected the party and broken it and so same approach cannot be used. "I think I side with Kofi.

The leadership of the party must be firm to ban all this public endorsements and punish those who blatantly disregard the directives.