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Former President John Kufuor does not support any of the Candidates vying for the Flagbearer slot of the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), party Chairman Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey has said. Mr Kufuor has always been alleged to support twice-failed flagbearer aspirant Alan Kyeremanten against twice-defeated NPP flagbearer Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. The former President�s alleged support for the former Trades Minister and failed Director-General aspirant of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has led to factionalism (Kufuor and Akufo-Addo camps) in the party, according to pollster Ben Ephson. Mr Obetsebi-Lamptey, however, said on Saturday that Mr Kufuor has told him (Jake) personally that he is not leading or supporting any faction in the party. �If you say that President Kufuor is leading a faction, I�m not aware of it�and he�s told me that he�s not getting involved anymore; that previously even when he wasn�t involved people had been using his name and slandering him and that he�s going to keep out of it. He�s told me that he�s not supporting any candidate�. Pressed further by Host Kwesi Pratt Jr., as to whether he believed Mr Kufuor�s claim that he is neither leading nor supporting any faction within the party, Mr Obetsebi-Lamptey said: �oh why would I fail to believe my former President and my friend. It would be the height of disrespect�.