PPP vows to protect votes

The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) says it has put measures in place to protect its votes in this year’s presidential and parliamentary elections.

According to the party, it would not allow anyone to cheat and steal its votes as it happened in the 2012 elections.

PPP said in a statement, “We are prepared to use legal means to aid the Electoral Commission to enforce the laws that govern political parties and elections.

“After losing the 2012 election, the PPP faithful did not lose faith in the party. Rather, they have remained ready to demonstrate to Ghanaians that they will stand up for the rights of all citizens, be strong advocates for reforms, work for independence and strengthening of state institutions and look for good candidates for 2016.”

The party said it would put up candidates from all the ten regions to contest in the upcoming parliamentary election.

It announced that the party had begun campaign actively and successfully in all the ten regions to confirm the parliamentary candidates.

Party Programmes

According to the PPP, it has outlined a number of programmes to be undertaken before the November 7 elections.

These include continued confirmation of parliamentary candidates from now to the end of June.

It said from May 21, 2016, the party would launch a national house-to-house and village-to-village campaign by its confirmed candidates.

“Prior to our National Convention, we will hold a National Women’s Conference on May 28, 2016 in Sunyani on the building of a gender equitable society, and a National Youth Conference on June 18, 2016 in the Volta Region to address youth empowerment and employment.

“From June 1st, we will engage the media to publicize PPP’s Ten-Point agenda and policies to bring positive transformation to Ghana and will hold a National Convention in Accra on July 16, 2016 to outdoor our presidential candidate, Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom,” the party outlined.

According to the PPP, it would embark on a vigorous national campaign to win votes from August to October.

The party has vowed to continue sounding alarm bells over the ‘shameful stealing of tax money’ to fund the campaign of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), stating, “Incumbency is not a passport to steal our money.”