The Convention People’s Party has stated its readiness to resolve the recent impasse in the party and forge ahead in unity to vigorously campaign to win the December polls.
To this end, the National Chairman and Leader of the Party, Prof. Edmund Nminyem Delle has called for a truce within the party to allow the Disciplinary Committee to work to settle the case involving the interdicted General Secretary and the National Youth Organizer.
It would be recalled that the party’s Central Committee on Thursday June 30th interdicted Mr Nii Amarh Akomfrah, General Secretary and Ernest Kofi Yeboah, National Youth Organizers, following conducts the party described as gross indiscipline, which brought the name of the party in disrepute.
The Chairman in an interview over the weekend reiterated the fact that he had nothing against the two interdicted officers, and assured the party faithful and all Ghanaians of the readiness and commitment of the leadership to resolve the impasse in time.
He therefore called for cool heads to prevail and “allow peace to prevail in the party”, even as the Disciplinary Committee works to resolve the matter.
Describing the CPP as a party that believes in democratic centralism, the Chairman noted that that was why Central Committee’s (the highest administration body of the party) majority decision was supported by the party.
Saying that the party was a peaceful one, Prof. Delle assured Ghanaians that, what was happening within the party was a passing cloud, and advised all media houses and media practitioners not to entertain any member of the party who goes to talk about the issue currently before the Disciplinary Committee.
He restated the fact that the party was ready to campaign on issues and ideas, calling on all to ensure that the political campaigns were devoid of insults, rancor and character assassination.
The veteran politician said “the CPP believes in comradeship and forbearance,” urging aggrieved members of the party to follow appropriate channels to resolve problems of the party indoors and stop commenting on the matter in the media.
On corruption
The Chairman noted the party’s commitment to fight corruption at all levels, and stated that the action of the Central Committee should not be misconstrued as the party being against those fighting corruption.
“It should not be understood that we are against anybody who talks against corruption, we are only saying that it was a procedure we wanted to be followed,” he observed, adding that those who do not know the party’s position on corruption should stop deceiving the public.
With his open door policy of running the Party, the Chairman and Leader of the CPP, called on any member of the party who are not satisfied or aggrieved in the party to approach him and register their complains with him so that they would find appropriate channels to address them.
Although the party believes in an issue based campaign, Prof.Delle intimated that “we do not want anybody to provoke mayhem in the party or in the country.”
