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Ashanti CPP dissociates itself
from pronouncements
Kumasi, June 18, Ghanadot/GNA – The Ashanti Regional
Secretariat of the CPP has dissociated itself from the
statement attributed to Mr F.A Jantuah, an executive
committee member and regional education officer of the party
asking for the immediate removal of Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom as
the party’s flagbearer.
In a statement signed by Mr. Akwasi Bosompem Boateng,
Regional Secretary and issued in Kumasi in reaction to the
call, the CPP condemned the pronouncement and described it
as “hypocritical and selfish as well as calculated tactics
to pull the flagbearer down”.
Mr. Jantuah, had called for the immediate removal of Dr.
Nduom to enable him purge himself of allegations contained
in a Serious Fraud Office report, which was submitted to
parliament in 2001.
The CPP alleged that, Mr. Jantuah was not only frustrated
and confused, but also being “sponsored secretly by some
coward members who contested for the flagbearership of the
party but lost at the congress and see Dr Nduom as a key
threat to their political careers now and in the future”.
The statement urged the party supporters to regard Mr
Jantuah “as a confused and wandering fanatic of some
defeated candidates, who would not accept the decision and
choice by the majority of the party through democratic
processes”.
“It is unfortunate that at this crucial moment when the
signs of victory are boldly clear on the wall, some losers
in the party who cannot forget their defeat in our congress
are utilizing cheap means to keep the CPP tradition in
permanent backwardness, which will never succeed”, it
stressed.
According to the statement, the party was aware that Mr
Jantuah and his group of so-called Nkrumaists were not
organizing the plot alone, but had joined hands with certain
elements in the opposition political parties to destroy the
image and reputation of Dr. Nduom and block the CPP from
winning the 2008 general elections.
It said the regional secretariat believed Dr. Nduom remained
the best and capable personality within the Nkrumaist to
push the CPP to the “promised land” in December and called
on all true sons and daughters to put aside the failure and
cheap personal ambitions, and work to support the party to
achieve victory.
The statement affirmed the support of the regional executive
to Dr. Nduom and the national leadership and assured all
Ghanaians and members of the CPP that there was nothing to
stop Dr. Nduom from contesting the December poll.
The statement called on the national leadership of the party
to take bold decision and exercise disciplinary actions
against Mr. Jantuah for breaching the constitution of the
party.
GNA
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