Professor Edmund Delle, Former National Chairman of Convention People�s Party (CPP), on Friday re-affirmed his intension to contest for the Chairmanship position again when he picked nomination forms at the Party headquarters in Accra.
Mr Kojo Armah, Member of the CPP Congress Committee, handed over
the forms to Prof Delle and urged all aspirants to adhere to the
principles and guidelines of the party.
The party opened for nominations for the various positions from
Monday, June 20 and is expected to close on Friday, June 24.
Aspirants for the National Chairman�s slot are expected to pay
GH�10,000 as nomination fees, while those contesting for National
Vice-Chairman, General Secretary and National Treasurer�s position
would pay GH�7,500.
The party would hold its two-day National Delegates Congress at
Takoradi in the Western Region from July 23 to 24, to elect national
officers to steer the affairs of the party. It would be attended by
delegates from all the 230 constituencies nationwide.
It would organise another congress in Tamale on September 30, to
elect a flag bearer. Prof. Delle arrived in the company of some members of his ampaign team amidst singing and drumming.
In a document dubbed �The ORS Blueprint� Prof. Delle outlined his
vision for a re-branded CPP that would be well energised and poised to
re-capture its past political glory.
He said ORS was the acronym for Overhauling, Replenishing and
Success which sought to redeem the party�s dwindling electoral
fortunes and reposition itself as a formidable political force in the
country.
Prof. Delle said the party needed to undergo overhauling because
since the advent of the Fourth Republic, the CPP had been on the
fringes of the country�s political system and currently had only one
parliamentary seat in Jomoro.
He explained that the overhauling would involve reactivation of
the party�s structures from the ward to the National Executive level
to ensure greater impact in Election 2012.
Prof. Delle noted that the party needed rejuvenation and
innovation to shore up its fortunes in Election 2012 which required
unity, consensus building and tenacity of purpose.
He explained that the overhauling and replenishing of the CPP
would set the party in motion for success in Election 2012 and beyond.
�The CPP stands at the crossroads to move backward into political
disintegration or set a democratic standard of coming out of the
congress more united with both winners and losers jubilating
together,� he said.
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