Honoured as I am by colleagues to believe I can adequately discharge the functions of SG, I am convinced one has to contest elections on a campaign platform articulating clear issues of what they as a candidate represent. A key plank of my platform is that I am not aligned to any lobby list. This, because I am of the conviction that we must enable duly selected delegates a congress climate that allows delegates the right to exercise their best judgement in terms of who can lead their organisation unencumbered by slates over which they had little or no say in compiling. Block voting can also deny delegates the opportunity to select deserving democrats into leadership simply because they are on the ‘wrong’ list.
I am therefore, if elected, willing and ready to work with any democrat. In putting forward my name for Secretary General I do so principally, as response to the electoral setback we suffered in the general elections of 24 October, 2014. Our party registered its worst ever poll performance. Though not on the same scale, we suffered a similar reversal in fortunes 1994. The outcome of those polls set in motion an internal conversation around a reform agenda which process was completed to great success when the BDP reclaimed its dominance in the elections of 1999.
