We Will Win 2004 Elections - CPP Leader

Dr Abubakar Alhassan, National Chairman and Leader of the Convention Peoples Party (CPP) at the weekend declared at Sunyani that the party is poised to win the 2004 elections.

He said the party is currently undergoing a serious re-organisation exercise "and come 2004, the CPP is going to put up a fierce fight to win the election. Dr Alhassan was addressing party representatives and newsmen in Brong Ahafo Region as part of a nation-wide tour. He said during its rule in the first republic the CPP set a clear example of "what the state must do and what the ordinary citizens must also do. The party's manifesto clearly shows that the government must lead in the development of the country, with private participation”.

He said the regions must be surveyed to determine their potentials for development, thus providing jobs for the people in the localities. Dr Alhassan said the CPP has taken very vital aspects of the first President, Dr Kwame Nkrumah's "Seven-year Development Plan" and this is enshrined in the party's manifesto in the campaign for the 2004 elections. He said the CPP's educational policy in the first republic aimed at uniting the country and this catapulted Ghana very high in development.

Ghana's resources

Dr Alhassan emphasised that Ghana's survival should not necessarily depend "on Washington, but on ourselves, since there are local avenues for the solutions to our economic woes. He stressed that, “Our new manifesto will show that Ghana's resources, if managed well will offer a lot of benefits to the people”. He said the CPP is not interested in condemnations by giving options for the solutions to the problems adding that, “We are going to use our manifesto to take power in 2004.

Merger

The CPP leader said the party's unity talks with the GCPP, NRP and PNC are progressing and indicated that the CPP would lead an Nkrumahist front for the assault on the 2004 elections. According to Dr Alhassan, the "CPP has credibility as the oldest surviving party in the country. There is credibility in our message and we are confident that come 2004, with our fierce fight we shall win".