The presidential candidate for the New Patriotic Party in the 2008 general elections, Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo, has expressed the hope to return the party to power, come 2012 general elections. "I am still strong and will definitely return, in fact we are coming back to power in the year 2012" he stressed. He therefore urged party faithful and sympathisers not to lose hope but rally solidly behind the party to wrestle power from the National Democratic Congress (NDC). Nana Addo was addressing teeming supporters who had come from across the Cape Coast Metropolis to cheer him on at the Kotokoraba Market as he expressed his gratitude for their votes during the just ended elections. He acknowledged the party did not do well in the area but was thankful to the people for throwing their support behind the NPP for all this while and hoped they would do their homework well in order to win more votes in the area in the subsequent elections. Nana Addo implored the people to ensure oneness and not to wash their dirty linen in public, hoping, any other issue in the party could be discussed amongst themselves to avoid division, reminding them that a divided house cannot stand. The Chairman of the NPP campaign team in the 2008 elections, Jake Obetsebi Lamptey attributed the party's downfall in the elections to some people in the party who put first their parochial interest and paid less attention to the party's agenda. He contended that as the party put such wrongs aside and corrects them, it will work harder than ever to attain victory in the next elections. Mr. Obetsebi Lamptey was confident the NDC would expose themselves in their four year rule, as according to him, the lies peddled against the NPP would come to light. The Member of Parliament for Okere constituency and a former General Secretary of the party, Dan Botwe, indicated that NPP supporters across the country are still solidly behind the party and added that the party executives would not rest on their oars but would work seriously to return the party in 2012. He however urged the supporters to maintain a united front for the party's success. Accompanying Nana Akufo-Addo were the former Finance Minister, Mr. Yaw Osafo Maafo and the former Central Regional Minister, Nana Ato Arthur. Source: The Ghanaian Observer