Delle says CP congress was successful

Accra (Greater Accra) 14 July '99

Dr Edmund Delle, a contestant of the chairmanship of the Convention Party (CP), on Tuesday congratulated the national executive committee, supporters and delegates to the just-ended congress of the party for exhibiting loyalty and solidarity to Nkrumaism and the party at large.

In a statement, Dr Delle said although the congress failed to elect a chairman, it was no doubt a successful one and hoped that members would remain united and calm until the next congress.

He said members of the party have again demonstrated to the world that the fate that has robbed their mother party, the Convention People's Party, of its fortune cannot stop them from organising themselves and struggling to recapture lost ground.

"It is for the show of this heroism that I commit myself more than ever to become the 'political Jushua' to lead the party on its final journey to victory in the forthcoming general elections.

Last Saturday, Dr Delle polled 399 votes to place second to Dr Abubakar Alhassan who polled 419 votes for the position of national chairman.

Both of them failed to secure 50 per cent of votes cast as stipulated by the party's constitution.

Instead of a second ballot, pressure was put on Dr Delle to bow out for Dr Alhassan to be declared Chairman, but he refused.