Over two thousand four hundred (2,400) delegates of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) are\u00a0expected to converge on the Trade Fair Center in Accra for a\u00a0National Delegates Congress to elect a new Presidential Candidate for the upcoming General elections in November this year.<\/p>\n
The presidential aspirants include the former Chairperson \u00a0of the party and daughter of Ghana’s first President Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, Samia Nkrumah, former General Secretary; Ivor Greenstreet, three-time flagbearer aspirant; Bright Akewetey and Joseph Agyepong.<\/p>\n
Samia Nkrumah is highly tipped to emerge victorious but faces stiff opposition from Bright Akwetey who has contested on three occasions and Ivor Greenstreet, the party’s immediate past General Secretary.<\/p>\n
The party\u2019s Chairman Professor Edmund Delle has said he is\u00a0satisfied with the process that selected the aspirants and believes a credible candidate will emerge to lead the party.<\/p>\n
Speaking to Citi News<\/strong>, Professor Edmond Delle, said\u00a0all the candidates have been given a level playing field to compete for the position.<\/p>\n He said\u00a0he has advised all the party executives not to openly campaign for their preferred\u00a0aspirants.<\/p>\n \u201cI have advised all my executives that nobody should openly campaign for any\u00a0candidate,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n According to Prof Delle, any executive found actively campaigning for any of the candidates will face sanctions from the party.<\/p>\n \u201cShould I come to notice that a member of the executive is consciously campaigning for one presidential candidate, I think disciplinary action will be taken.\u201d<\/p>\n Prof Delle is of the view that executive members can indeed harbor their personal preferences among the candidates but must\u00a0not openly campaign for a candidate per the party’s code of conduct.<\/p>\n \u201cOnce you are a member of the executive, you cannot openly campaign for one presidential candidate so I can tell you that according to our coded of discipline, you are not allowed to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n The congress is going ahead despite reports that Onsy Nkrumah, who was disqualified from contesting for not meeting the requirements has secured an injunction to stop it.<\/p>\n The party’s General Secretary, Nii Armah Akomfrah has told Citi News<\/strong> although the party has received the writ, its lawyers have advised they can go ahead with the congress.<\/p>\n Below is a report filed by Citi FM’s<\/strong> Sammy Wiafe\u00a0analyzing the chances of the\u00a0contestants.<\/p>\n