The Chairman and leader of the Convention People's Party (CPP), Dr Abubakar Al-Hassan has said that the party was on track towards its preparation for the 2004 general election.
He said there was the likelihood of by-elections in the Wulensi and Bimbilla constituencies and that would be the time people would know the actual strength of CPP.
A Tamale High Court has declared the election of the Wulensi Member of parliament (MP) Mr Samuel Nyimakam null and void because he was not qualified by residence to contest the Wulensi seat while the MP for Bimbilla was being considered for the position of the General Secretary of ECOWAS.
Dr Al-Hassan was speaking at a workshop on the party's constitution and organisational strategies for regional and constituency executive members from the Northern and Brong Ahafo Regions in Tamale on Saturday.
The CPP leader said unlike the previous elections, where the party had less than six months to prepare, it has now got enough time to organise the people around its programmes based on the socialist ideology.
Dr Al-Hassan said the CPP would not shift from its position of the states participation in water, health and education delivery and the subsidising of agricultural inputs and would, therefore, resist the New Patriotic Party's (NPP's) decision to privatise the water delivery system in the country.
They were also to take stock of their performance in the last elections and evolve strategies to overcome the causes of their abysmal performance.
He said a series of organisational strategies were being put in place to propel the CPP into that stage of being a viable alternative to the ruling party, so that Ghanaians would have the opportunity to make a meaningful choice.
Dr Al-Hassan announced that the party would soon come out with a shadow Cabinet whose members would be the official voice of the party on national issues.
He said the Cabinet would not unnecessarily criticise the NPP but would suggest alternatives to the government.
