The Unity Committee of the People\u2019s National Convention (PNC) and the Convention People\u2019s Party (CPP) has dismissed claims of an agreed merger between the two Nkrumahist parties.<\/p>\n
A Daily Graphic publication on Monday said the National Chairpersons of both parties had signed off on the agreement to field a common Presidential and parliamentary candidates in the 2016 general elections.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”pNxYl3nnqTYL6GmG3yXMowgfQ765EfIV”]The move according to the paper was aimed at strengthening the Nkrumahist front to become a third political force in Ghana alongside the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP).<\/p>\n
Speaking to Citi News<\/strong> however, PNC National Organizer and Convener of the PNC\/CPP unity committee, Emmanuel Wilson said the announcement still remains an opinion of the two leaders.<\/p>\n He said the announcement was made by the two chairpersons was done \u201cin their individual capacities. In other words, it was just an expression of opinion by those individuals; it does not represent the decision of our National Executive Council.\u201d<\/p>\n Wilson complained that when such announcements are made before final decisions are made; it only ends up impeding the merger process.<\/p>\n \u201cAnytime we do any of these things without passing through the due process, we end up frustrating the process of unity,\u201d adding that such pronouncements have largely contributed to their failure to \u201chave a successful unity because we do not pass through the right channel.\u201d<\/p>\n He recalled that in 2008, the PNC and the CPP formed an Electoral College that met at Golden Tulip to discuss a possible merger.<\/p>\n According to him, it was agreed that the CPP\u2019s Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom will become the flagbearer while the PNC\u2019s Edward Mahama will become his running mate.<\/p>\n The agreement was that the Electoral College will present the proposal to the various National Executive Committees of the two parties for final endorsement before announcing it to the public.<\/p>\n \u201cBefore we could leave the meeting, the news had already been circulated in the media which again impeded the process and that is how come in 2008, we could not even have the merger.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIn 2012, we could not have it again and this time, people are still repeating the same thing of not following due process and it is ending up frustrating the system,\u201d Wilson lamented.<\/p>\n He cautioned that when such situations keep repeating, \u201cwe present ourselves to the public that we are not serious as far as the unity is concerned and people will not take us serious.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n By: Efua Idan Osam\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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