Seasoned Journalist, Kwesi Pratt Jnr. has corroborated Hopeson Adorye's claims about the Danquah-Busia-Dombo tradition in the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
Hopeson Adorye, speechifying at a walk in Kumasi dubbed a “Walk for Alan” over the weekend, purportedly said Vice Presidential slot of the party is an automatic slot for the Dombo faction in the NPP while that of the Presidential spot switches between the Danquah and Busia lineages.
“Whenever a Danquah leads the party, the Busia side steps aside but there is a Dombo (for running mate), and whenever a Busia leads, the Danquah side steps aside but there is a Dombo (for running mate). As for the Dombos they are always there (for running mates)," he stated.
He went on to ask “if it went to Danquah, came to Busia, went back to Danquah, where should it go now, is it not Busia?”
Hopeson Adorye has incurred the wrath of his party leading members and suppporters following his claims as he is said to be stoking ethnocentric sentiments, but Mr. Pratt thinks otherwise.
To Mr. Pratt, Hopeson Adorye stated the obvious fact.
" . . factionalism is traceable in your (NPP's) history," he emphasized while making his submissions on Peace FM's "Kokrokoo" programme.
"There is nothing wrong with saying this is the candidate I prefer and thus I'm going to demonstrate to publicly showcase my favorite," he asserted.
He alluded to the 1979 elections stating there was a division in the NPP which, to him, birthed the Danquah-Busia-Dombo tradition.
He, however, stressed that Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, who people have attributed Hopeson's comments to, doesn't belong to the Dombo faction as one would have the party to believe.
"For instance when you consider the political DNA of Vice President Bawumia, he is neither Dombo, Busia nor Danquah. He is not from your (NPP) tradition. He is from CPP and landed in your party."
Having established these facts, the Editor-in-Chief of the Insight newspaper spoke highly of the "Walk for Alan" saying, "we are not being fair if we say what happened in Kumasi wasn't right . . . when you look at the numbers (of participants) who joined the walk, it was impressive".
