The Convention People’s Party (CPP) has declared its support for former Attorney General, Martin Amidu’s call on Ghanaians to vote out President John Mahama in order for the next president to retrieve the GH¢51 million judgment debt wrongfully paid to businessman, Alfred Woyome.
The party said it agreed with Martin Amidu’s assertion that the Mahama-led NDC administration has led the looting of the state’s coffers.
Martin Amidu in a series of publications insists that the government has no plans of recovering the money from Mr Woyome and that the money can only be retrieved if the government is voted out of office in the upcoming elections.
Martin Amidu earlier this week was granted a request by the Supreme Court to orally examine Woyome after the Attorney General announced it was discontinuing the case.
The Director of Communications of the CPP, Kadri Abdul Rauf Issifu in an interview with Citi News said, Martin Amidu’s actions are a step in the right direction and it will help expose the corrupt actions that led to the unlawful payment of the judgement debt to Mr Woyome.
He echoed the sentiments of the party’s flagbearer, Ivor Kobina Greenstreet who has on his various campaign platforms urged Ghanaian to vote out the Mahama-led government for its acts of corruption.
He said, “there is no difference between what Ivor said in Kumasi and what Martin Amidu said yesterday. There are very serious levels of corruption going on in our country and such a corruption status quo must not be accepted and for that matter as a party, we think that the NDC and the NPP are all blameworthy for what the state has become today.”
‘CPP better placed to fight corruption’
Kadri Abdul Rauf Issifu added that the call for a new government to fight corruption is a call on the Convention People’s Party (CPP) to come to power.
“We do not expect a man like Martin Amidu to endorse NPP knowing the levels of corruption that took place under their administration. Both NDC and have had their chances and Ghanaian have seen that they are not too committed to the fight against corruption. Their fight against corruption has just been rhetorical. With the Convection People’s Party, we think that we are better placed to fight corruption in this country.
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By: Jonas Nyabor/citifmonline.com/Ghana