Editorial News of Wednesday, 20 December 2000

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I will not debate - Kufuor

A center-spread story of the Guide said the Presidential candidate of the NPP, Mr J.A. Kufuor, has stated that he will not debate Vice President and presidential candidate of the NDC, Prof. John Atta Mills.

Mr Kufuor who was speaking on Vibe FM, an Accra private radio station last Friday, emphasised that he will not debate with anybody for debating sake.

"Will debate determine the confidence of the people by just meeting somebody for 3 minutes, for what, it doesn't determine how one will rule a nation," he philosophically stated.

He explained that debate is just one small aspect of deciding one's wisdom but that the actual wisdom is how to govern people and implement policies, adding that it does not determine how one will rule a nation.