[ 2011-04-07 ]

CPP Congress in danger, Party to be dragged to court
The Convention People's Party's (CPP) National
Delegate Congress slated tentatively for May 27 to
29 is in danger as some constituency executives
from the Central Region have declared their
intention to take a legal action against the
organizers of the congress.

A petition to the National Chairman filed on
behalf of the aggrieved executives by Adastra
Chambers on Tuesday called on the party to
restrain "the regional executive from organizing a
congress in contravention of the CPP
Constitution".

The petitioners contended that "the mandate of the
present Constituency Executive ends in September,
2011, and we cannot understand why the National
Executive is in such a mad rush to organise the
constituency elections.

"The constituency executives holding office as at
now therefore should continue to be at post and
perform their functions until and after the
party's National Congress," the petitioners said.

"Any attempt to allow the regional executive to
organise the constituency elections would be
resisted fiercely within the ambit of the CPP
Constitution and the laws of the country."

The petitioners also accused the regional
executive of working in the interest of a parallel
political organisation, Movement for Social
Justice.

"It is the considered opinion of the Constituency
Executives that the conduct of the regional
executive would completely destroy the party."

The petition was jointly signed by Chairmen,
Secretaries, Organisers, Women Organisers and some
leading members of the party from the 19
Constituencies in the region.

The Constituencies are: Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese;
Agona East; Agona West; Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam;
Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa; Assin North; Assin South;
Awutu-Senya; Cape Coast; Effutu; Gomoa East; Gomoa
West; Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abirem; Mfantseman
East; Mfantseman West; Hemang Lower Denkyira;
Twifo-Atii Morkwaa; Upper Denkyira East and Upper
Denkyira West.

The CPP has fixed May 27 to 29 as the tentative
dates for its National Delegates' Congress to
elect National Executive Officers in which the
current Chairman Mr Ladi Nylander is not
contesting.

Source - GNA

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