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Former Trade and Industry Minister, Alan Kyeremanten, has rebuffed claims that former President John Kufuor, has, since 2007 attempted �coronating� him as flagbearer of the of New Patriotic Party. ��It has nothing to do with President Kufuor trying to bestow or have a coronation process for me right from the beginning, now or for the future,� Kyeremanten told Paul Adom Otchere on Metro TV�s Good Evening Ghana programme on Tuesday. Mr Kyeremanten, who is rumoured to be former President Kufuor�s prot�g� and allegedly had the tacit support of his mentor in his twice-failed flagbearer aspirations against two-time flagbearer Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, wondered during the interview, why his opponents keep tying him to Mr Kufuor�s apron strings. �What is this massive support?� He asked. �You see, part of the problem we have in this country is that people make statements [and] do analyses that have absolutely no foundation,� he observed. Mr Kyeremanten is seeking to take the baton from Nana Akufo-Addo as the party�s flagbearer ahead of the 2016 general elections. He recently said the overhauling of the party�s national leadership was indicative of the change ahead.