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Dr Richard Anane, one of the bigwigs who lost out in last Saturday’s New Patriotic Party parliamentary primaries has described the massive kick-out of experience Members of Parliament (MPs) as worrying, but pledged to support the winning candidates particularly Kennedy Kankam.

According to him, the new aspirants cannot do without the veterans as they prepare to be in Parliament in 2017.

Describing parliamentary work as that of a carpentry profession which needs mentorship, he advised MPs elect to always seek guidance from their predecessors.

“Just like a carpentry work, they will need our supervision until they are matured enough to do things on their own,” he said. 

Dr Anane, who has been in Parliament since 1996, lost his seat to Kennedy Kankam who polled 247 votes against his 110 votes.

He is considering his defeat as a well thought decision by the delegates, he rhetorically asked OKAY FM’s morning show host, Kwame Nkrumah Tikese, "when the people in their collective resolve have taken a decision, who am I, to say I do not understand”.  

Speaking on "Ade Akye Abia" morning show, Dr. Anane dismissed suggestions that there was a secret move to get all persons deemed to be “Kufuor boys” out of Parliament and replace them with “Akufo-Addo” confidants.

His only worry is – “replacing all the ‘old boys’ [MPs] with new ones will slightly affect us in some way but gradually the new ones will pick up from where we left”.