SELECT MATURE, EXPERIENCED CANDIDATES — GREENSTREET (PAGE 15)

STORY: Benjamin Xornam Glover, Bolgatanga

THE General Secretary of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Mr Ivor Greenstreet, has urged constituency executives and supporters of the party in all the 13 constituencies in the Upper East Region to select politically mature, experienced and convincing candidates from their constituencies to stand as parliamentary candidates.
Mr Greenstreet, who was in the region in the company of Dr Paa Kwesi Nduom, presidential candidate of the CPP, explained that the forward march of the party required persons who could clearly articulate the vision and policies of the party, as it sought to regain power after the December polls.
“In the past, our party has not been as well organised as it should have been. With the current crop of leaders, things are beginning to change, and we need people who will champion that cause,” Mr Greenstreet said.
The general secretary said these when he interacted with leaders of the party at the Upper East Regional Office of the CPP yesterday.
The meeting was aimed at discussing and formulating strategies that could put the party in a better position as the December presidential and parliamentary elections drew nearer.
The CPP currently has no representative from the Upper East Region in Ghana’s 230 Members of Parliament.
Mr Greenstreet urged the constituency executives not to focus only on men, but also scout for women who were confident and competent to represent the party in Parliament.
Dr Paa Kwesi Nduom said Ghanaians had experienced both the National Democratic Party (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) governments and would want to have the CPP as an alternative change to salvage the people from their plight.
He made specific reference to the calibre of CPP leaders who, he said, were accomplished men and women, capable of solving any problem, and appealed to the people to vote for the CPP to redeem them from their woes.
“I, and indeed, the entire team in the CPP, are in this race to win. We want to take back Ghana and give it to the ordinary Ghanaians,” he said, while calling on voters to re-examine their economic status and vote for the CPP.