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There have been calls for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to name the individual or group that pushed forward the proposal for the party to organize an early congress to elect a flagbearer for the 2016 election. The controversial proposal which was tabled before the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the NPP almost tore the party apart. In a meeting held Thursday, the NPP�s NEC dropped the proposal and outlined a new timetable, scheduling the election of the flagbearer to March 2014; thus maintaining the �Bottom-To-Top� status quo. Even though it has been alleged that the contentious proposal was brought forward by the National Chairman of the NPP, Mr. Jake Otanka Obetsebi Lamptey and some national executives of the party, the NPP has not officially come out to name who made the proposal. A leading member of the ruling National Democratic Congress and Deputy Minister of Information, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, strongly believes it will be in the interest of the opposition party to disclose those behind the proposal. Analyzing the issue on �Kokrokoo� on PeaceFM, Kwakye-Ofosu said revealing the identity or identities of advocates of that particular proposal will inform future debates and help in making better inferences. �Up to now, we don�t even know who or which group of people fueled that agenda,� he said.