The four candidates running for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer position have agreed not to leave the party in the event that any of them loses the primaries scheduled for Saturday, November 4.

The pledge was made at a meeting between the candidates and the National Council of Elders in Accra on Wednesday, November 2.

After the meeting, the party’s General Secretary, Justin Frimpong Koduah, spoke to the media and announced that the candidates had also pledged to respect the outcome of the primary and prioritize the party’s interests.

We succeeded in getting all four candidates to sign a commitment, which, in essence, calls on them to embrace the preliminary findings and advance harmony and peace, according to Koduah. “They won’t quit from their position if they don’t win.”

“We were able to get all the four aspirants to sign an undertaking and in summary, they are to accept the primary results, and promote peace and cohesion,” Koduah said.

“If they don’t win, they will not resign from the party and, support the winner of the primary,” he added.

Furthermore, the aspirants agreed to “ensure and enforce mechanisms that have been established by the party and also work within the timelines and duration that have been established by the party from now till the results are declared and to respect the decision of the delegates of our party.”

Meanwhile, the Chairman of the Council of Elders in his opening remarks lamented the plight of the party, saying that certain people’s self-interest had driven it into disarray.

He acknowledged that the contest for the flagbearer post has occasionally led to intense discussions and arguments between party members and supporters of the presidential contenders, but he urged all of the contenders to forgo division and maintain their unity following this Saturday’s presidential primary.