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CPP's return
causes panic- Etroo
Takoradi, July 22, Ghanadot/GNA- Mr Samuel Gordon Etroo,
Western Regional Chairman of the Convention People's Party (CPP),
has said the call by majority of Ghanaians to return the CPP
to power in the 2008 General Elections is causing a lot of
panic among the two leading parties.
He said the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the largest
opposition party the National Democratic Congress (NDC) are
panicked over the gradual progress of the CPP.
He therefore called on supporters, sympathizers and other
party faithful to commit resources and rally behind the
party to wrestle power from the NPP.
Mr Etroo was addressing the Western Regional Consultative
meeting of the party at Takoradi.
The meeting, which was attended by some leading members of
the CPP and the Patriots, was to facilitate plans for the
ward, constituency and regional elections scheduled for
mid-August.
The presence of the CPP Patriots was also to inspire the
regional executives to work harder than before to revive the
existing structures and also galvanize support for the
party.
Mr. Etroo advised the supporters to put the past behind them
and forge ahead in unity to win the 2008 elections.
He noted that Ghanaians would be very much disappointed if
the bickering, undermining and other negative tendencies
normally associated with CPP during elections rear their
ugly heads again.
He urged the supporters to contribute to the party since "we
are all stakeholders."
The three presidential aspirants of the CPP Professor
Agyeman Badu Akorsah, the former Director of the Ghana
Health Service, Dr. Kweku Osafo, an Economist and Mr Bright
Akwetey, a lawyer were introduced to the supporters amidst a
thunderous applause.
They three aspirants took turns to address the meeting with
all of them touching on commitment and contribution of
resources as well as loyalty to the CPP.
Professor Badu Akorsah advised all workers, women and the
youth to throw their weight behind the CPP since according
to him the CPP is a mass party, which transcends all tribes.
He recounted the diabolic plans of the party's enemies to
dismember and make it dysfunctional over the years, adding
that the mere fact that the CPP is still in existence shows
that it is a real force to reckon with.
Both Dr. Osafo and Mr. Akwetey reiterated Mr. Etroo's call
for mobilizing resources.
GNA
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