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Ashanti regional chairman of the New Patriotic Party Mr. Bernard Antwi Bosiako says he will decide who gets elected to the top hierarchy of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the party's up coming national executive elections.

According to him, just as he ensured Mr. Joseph Yamin lost absymally, he will do same for the national executive elections.

The former Ashanti Regional Minister who attempted the chairmanship slot for the party in the region over the weekend, was given the shock of his life when he was beaten by some 88 votes to his closest contender Augustus Andrew Nana Kwasi despite the support he had from the party’s vigilante group ‘The Hawks’.

The race, which was fiercely contested between Nana Kwasi and Mr. Yamin saw Nana Kwasi win the seat with 699 votes while Joseph Yamin garnered 611 votes.

But the party's National Executive Committee (NEC) elections have been scheduled for Saturday, October 20, 2018.

Mr. Johnson Asiedu Nketia, General Secretary of the opposition party, however, has disclosed that the election for the position of National Youth Organizer and his two deputies, and that of the Women’s Organizer and her two deputies, would be held a week earlier on Saturday, October 13.

According to him, on September 20, a notice of polls would be published throughout all the NDC's Constituencies and Regional Offices in the country.

Speaking on Okay Fm's "Ade Akye Abia" programme, he explained that as chairman for the Ashanti Region, he is a power broker and "just as i have done for the Ashanti region, i will do same at the national level for the NDC".

"Look, the NDC as a party really do not know what they want, so we will have to decide for as we go into election 2020. And just as i have done for them in the Ashanti region, trust me i will do same for them in their national executive elections." 

"When we are able to do this, i'm convinced that former President Mahama who is their weakest candidate will lose the general elections," he stated.