Several professional bodies issued statements applauding the choice of Running Mate by Stephen Marfo. Youth groups issued statements backing the choice of the USD flag-bearer. Various identifiable organizations said they would back the USD’s choice. Dr. Gertrude Mensah’s phones, in the meantime, continued to ring as friends and even those she did not know pleaded with her to accept to be Stephen Marfo’s Running Mate.
“WE WANT SOMETHING FRESH, SOMEONE INCORRUPTIBLE” was the banner headline of the ‘Evening Times,’ newspaper three days after the story broke out. TV and radio stations began to di