Contrary to earlier reports, the Conventions People’s Party (CPP) has indicated it will present a presidential candidate in the upcoming December 7 elections.
In line with that the party has scheduled a congress in August to elect its flagbearer.
Last week, Acting Communication Director of the party, Sylvester Sarpong-Suprano, stated in an interview with an Accra-based FM station that they would not be fielding a presidential candidate due to delays in internal processes to elect national executives, just five months before the polls.
However, addressing journalists on July 3 in Accra, the party vehemently refuted these earlier reports. The Coordinator of the National Reorganizational Committee, Moses Yirimambo Ambing, emphasized that as the party that founded Ghana, it is imperative for the CPP to participate in the December 7 elections.
Ambing further stated that the Independent Committee is constitutionally mandated to ensure the selection of a candidate, affirming that the party is on track to meet its objectives. The committee aims ambitiously to nominate parliamentary candidates in all 276 constituencies.
Preceding the elections, an eight-member Independent Committee has been formed as the highest national decision-making body within the CPP.
It oversees the streamlining of all internal processes leading to the congress for electing a flagbearer.
Additionally, a sub-national reorganization committee has been established to support the Independent Committee by auditing the national delegates’ list, which will serve as the official document for the congress.
The country has been zoned into three regions for grassroots engagement.
Ambing attributed the delay in holding the congress to research initiatives conducted by the party. He also highlighted the committee’s efforts to reconcile with former members who left due to internal disputes.
He said, ”it is part of our mandate to engage with all party members sitting on the fence to come back to the party. Nana Yaa Jantua Akyempim did not resign from the party but resigned from her position as the General Secretary of the party, but we will engage her again.”
“She is not the only person we will engage. We will also approach Emmanuel Bright Akwetey, Samia Yaba Nkrumah, Nii Armah Akonfrah and others will all be brought onboard so the NDC and the NPP should wait to see what will happen,” he warned.
He cautioned other former members, such as Emmanuel Bright Akwetey and Samia Yaba Nkrumah, that the CPP is committed to their reinstatement, signaling a readiness to contest the elections effectively against the NDC and NPP.