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CPP goes to Congress
Accra, Nov, 27 Ghanadot/GNA - The third National Congress of
the Convention Peoples Party (CPP) would take place at the
Great Hall of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and
Technology, Kumasi on Saturday, December 15, this year, a
statement said today in Accra.
It said the Congress would be preceded by a meeting of
National Executive Council (NEC) of the party on Friday,
December 14 to approve the agenda for the congress.
The statement signed by Nii Noi Dowuoana, General Secretary
of the of the party said the Congress would bring together
more than two thousand delegates drawn from each of the 230
constituencies, regional executives the NEC, Council of
Elders, Founding Members, MPs, Overseas branches, Youth and
Women leagues and representatives from TEWSCHART.
The congress would elect a presidential candidate to contest
the 2008 elections as well as the election of national
officers to steer affairs of the party for the next four
years.
Meanwhile, regional conferences for Western, Eastern, Volta
Greater, Accra and Brong Ahafo Regions would be completed by
December 8, while the conference for Eastern, Western
Regions are scheduled for Koforidua and Takoradi on November
29 and December 8 respectively.
The statement said it was expected that party members would
play their respective roles to ensure an uninterruptible
preparation leading to the event.
In that connection, contestants for the various positions at
the Congress were reminded to desist from smear campaigns
and acts that would denigrate the integrity or image of
other aspirants so as to preserve the internal cohesion of
the party.
GNA
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