CP now CPP

Accra, April 25, GNA - The Electoral Commission on Tuesday announced that the Convention Party (CP) is now known as the Convention People's Party (CPP).

Speaking to the GNA on telephone, Mr David Kanga, Deputy Chairman of the Commission (Operations) said the name has been gazetted and the party can now use it.

The Commission announced on April 13 that CP had notified it of its intention to change its name and slogan and said the public was given seven days to raise objections.

It said the party wanted to change its name to the Convention People's Party while the slogan will change from "Forward Ever" to "Forward Ever Backward Never".

The symbol of a white cockerel on a red background remains the same. CP claims its roots from the Convention People's Party of Dr Kwame Nkrumah who led the country to independence in 1957.

The name was banned after the 1966 coup, which ousted Dr Nkrumah's government. Subsequent legislation banned the use of the name of all political parties that had been in existence since 1966 but the new political parties law allows the use of such names.