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Central Regional Secretary of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwamena Duncan, has accused President Mills of inculcating into members of the party the practice of bribing delegates in order to have their political dreams fulfilled. According to him, some members (delegates) of the ruling party openly admitted that they were 'forced' to take photo-shots of the candidates they voted for before �monies, mobile phones, bicycles and tri-cycles� from aspirants were doled out to them during the just ended parliamentary primaries in some orphan constituencies in five regions organized by the party. To him, this buttresses the point that NDC aspirants learnt how to bribe delegates from their mentor (Prez Mills). Speaking on Peace FM�s �Kokrokoo� Morning Show, the Central Regional NPP Secretary singled out the Agona East constituency primary as a perfect example of where massive underhand dealings transpired claiming that monies where offered to delegates straight from the Castle (Osu), the seat of the president. Whiles slating the NDC for the blatant show of opulence exhibited on the day of the primaries and expressing amazement at the convoy of vehicles on parade on the occasion, Kwamena Duncan laid blame at the doorstep of President Mills for imbuing in his appointees how to live profligate lifestyles whiles trying to assume a semblance of modesty. �When the President was going for his nomination forms (to contest for the flagbearership), Accra came to a virtual standstill. The entire government machinery, Regional Ministers who had to be at work in their respective regions on that day, come all the way to accompany the president to pick his nomination forms,� he said.