By Willian Yaw Owusu
Saturday May 17, 2008
THE recent announcement the coming together of two Nkrumalist family parties to form an alliance to contest this years election continue to receive mixed reactions.
After years of speculation about the unity of the Nkrumalist family the Convention People’s Party (CPP) and the Peoples National Convention (PNC) on Tuesday night decided to form an alliance for the 2008 general election.
What was hailed by political analysts as a step forward for the sustenance of an Nkrumalist unity however appeared not to have been whole heartedly accepted by some believers of Nkrumalism especially from the camp of the PNC.
According to the Ghana News Agency (GNA), some leaders of the PNC have expressed concern about the haste with which the CPP announced the deal.
Without denying the fact that there was such a pack they contended that even before the appropriate organs of the parties could be informed, the CPP was out there announcing the deal.
The leading members said the National Executive Committee (NEC), which is the highest decision-making body of the PNC, made up of the National Executives, all Regional Chairpersons and their secretaries and the Councils of Elders, would meet to decide on the way forward.
“To the PNC, the announcement was pre-mature as the modalities for forming an electoral agreement with the CPP will have to be deliberated upon by the NEC before PNC’s position would be announced to the world.
For now there is no electoral agreement. At best we have intentions to form an electoral agreement to contest Election 2008”.
Under the alliance, Dr Paa Kwesi Nduom will be the flagbear with Dr Edward N. Mahama as the running mate and they will contest the election under a CPP symbol.
They also agreed that in the constituencies where either party has a comparative advantage, the other will not field a Parliamentary candidate.
When the Times spoke to the two flag-bearers, Dr Nduom of the CPP who was forthcoming had said the details of the alliance was being worked out.
However, his counterpart Dr Mahama had declined to comment further by saying “I will make a formal statement at the appropriate time”.
A source at the meeting said Dr Mahama led the PNC team which included Alhaji Ahmed Ramadan, National Chairman, Emmanuel Wilson, National Youth Organisers, Henry Asante, Publicity Chairman, Hajia Agyara Ali, National Women Organiser, David Nibi Deputy, National Treasurer, Gabriel Pwamang, former General Secretary, Moses Daniba and Haruna Apayariga, both Members of Parliament.
The CPP the source said were represented by Dr Nduom, Ladi Nylander National Chairman and all the elected National Executives.
Dr Nduom was said to have polled 11 votes as against nine obtained by Dr Mahama in arriving at a decision to select a flag-bearer.
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