The Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has urged supporters to refrain from putting pressure on the party's flagbearer, Dr Mahamadu Bawumia, regarding the selection of his running mate for the upcoming elections.

Mr Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu stressed the importance of allowing the party's flagbearer the independence to make his own decision on the choice of a running mate, believing it would contribute to the unity and success of the party.

The Parliamentary Affairs Minister expressed confidence in Dr Bawumia's intelligence and anticipated that he would make a judicious choice in the best interest of the party.

He called on the public to afford the Vice President the necessary time and space to make a well-informed and strategic decision.

“This whole kind of intrigues and contrivance, it will suggest to some people that are you doing this to foist some people on him because he is a northerner, tying his hands behind him.

"That is what makes me uncomfortable, Bawumia is discerning enough, he is analytical enough, he is intelligent enough to make his own decision.”

“Let’s leave him. He has stayed long enough in the party to know the nooks and crannies of the party. Let’s leave him to make that decision,” he said.

The Vice President was elected as the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party on Saturday, November 4.

Despite Dr Bawumia not having made an official announcement regarding his running mate for the upcoming December polls, several analysts have speculated on potential choices.

Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, Dr. John Kumah, and Joseph Osei Owusu are among those considered likely options, according to some analysts.

Additionally, others have suggested Chief of Staff Frema Osei Opare or Communications Minister Ursula Owusu Ekulful as possible running mates for Dr Bawumia.