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The Member of Parliament for Ketu-South in the Volta region, Albert Ziga has said a win for the Deputy minster of Finance, Fiifi Kwetey in the upcoming primaries, will be a problem for the constituency. Later on today, the 26th of May, six persons including Kwetey will contesting to unseat the Ketu-South MP. Speaking on Citi Eye Witness News, Mr. Ziga however says the deputy minister�s move to contest in the primaries while still at post is unconstitutional and will not go down well with people of Ketu. �It seems he has been given a higher backing by government because over the years no public servant can contest in the primaries while still at post,� he said. He accused the deputy finance minister of using �government machinery� to influence the elections. �Since 3o�clock, he[Kwetey], soome of the deputy minsters as well as his close friends are running around in this town,� he accused. �They have camped the delegates in a house and are refusing anyone to speak to them. But he can never win the elections;that will be a problem for some of us.� Hon. Ziga, however stated that he did not feel threatened by any of his contenders.