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A defeated First Vice National Chairman of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Michael Omari Wadie, is proposing a joint Presidential and Parliamentary primaries for the party. Mr. Omari Wadie in an open letter to the party�s National Chairman and General Secretary says the party should conduct both the Presidential and Parliamentary primaries on the same day to save the party�s time and resources. Speaking to Citi News, the former Ayawaso West Wugon Constituency Chairman said the NPP will go into the 2016 election united if such a proposal is adopted. �I think instead of waiting and going through all these noisy primaries�we should be able to pair the two primaries so we can have it all on the same day and finish with it and focus on the 2016 elections� it will help the party and put everybody�s heart at peace,� Mr. Wadie explained. Commenting on the issue of cost, Mr. Wadie noted that the party and the delegates would save themselves from extra cost if the party implements the proposal. �The delegates who would vote at the Presidential primary are the same people who would vote at the Presidential primary so why don�t we bring them together to come and cast one vote� we can have both primaries at one cost,� he said.