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The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the New Patriotic Party says there is no "such plan" by the party to allow its current Members of Parliament to go uncontested in the party�s primaries ahead of the 2016 general elections. The NPP says it believes "elections are the best way to judge one�s electability", thus will not seek to "impose M.P.s on Constituencies". In a statement issued moments after the party held its NEC meeting on Thursday to deliberate on the Steering Committee Proposals on the way forward for the Party, the NPP said it "summarily dismissed two areas of misinformation", one of which included the above - sitting MPs to go uncontested in primaries - and the other, claims that "the National Executives are seeking to extend their mandate". Read below the statement issue by the NPP at the end of its NEC meeting held today. PRESS STATEMENT The National Executive Committee of the New Patriotic Party met today, 3rd October 2013, to deliberate on the Steering Committee Proposals on the way forward for the Party. Two areas of misinformation were dismissed, namely that there was any a plan to impose M.P.s on Constituencies. There is no such plan. The New Patriotic Party continues to believe that elections are the best way to judge one�s electability. The second misinformation was that the National Executives are seeking to extend their mandate. This too was summarily dismissed. The National Executives are working towards its replacement in March 2014 and the Constituency and Regional elections to precede the National Delegates Congress. Members of the National Executive Committee have been tasked to consult their constituencies for finalization at a meeting next week of the proposal and internal calendar for submission to the National Council. �.Signed�.. Abdulai Fuhlanba (Deputy General Secretary)