Our only seat in Parliament is gone – PNC weeps

The People’s National Convention (PNC) has lost its only seat in parliament to the ruling National Democratic Congress in the Wednesday’s general elections. 

Presidential staffer, Clement Apaak sealed the Builsa South constituency seat in the Upper East Region from the incumbent Alhassan Azong of the PNC who has served two terms in parliament since 2008.

Mr. Clement Apaak at the end of the polls garnered a total of 7,666 votes as against the 4,467 votes secured by Mr Azong who is was also former presidential staffer at the Office of the President.

Many assumed the National Democratic Congress (NDC) was not going to field a candidate in the constituency in the 2016 parliamentary election considering Mr Azong’s relationship with the NDC.

Ahead of the December 7 polls, the incumbent Alhassan Azong in a letter declared his support for the opposition New Patriotic Party candidate, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

In the said letter which was addressed to the NPP’s Director of Elections, Martin Adjei Mensah Korsah, the PNC candidate Hon Alhassan Azong pledged to support the NPP in the Builsa South constituency to increase its vote in the constituency so that the NPP.

“… And I want to state here that I am still committed to my promise to feed with information about how the NDC intends to rig this year’s elections so that you can put in place measure to scuttle their plans.

In this regard I will appreciate if we could meet in the earliest possible time to sort things out since we have few weeks to the elections. I will let you know what I want you to do for me, and I will equally give you some information that will help you win the presidency. I’m looking forward to having fruitful response from you.’’