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CPP to elect flagbearer and executives tomorrow

The Convention People’s Party selects a top team to take it into Election 2020 as rivalry tightens between Greenstreet and Akwetey

The Convention People’s Party is set to elect a new  flagbearer tomorrow to lead the party into the 7 December presidential and parliamentary elections.

Three aspirants – Ivor Kobina Greenstreet (former general secretary, pictured), Bright Oblitei Akwetey (a four-time contender for the flagbearer’s position) and a new entrant, Reverend Dr Divine Ayivor – are vying to be chosen to run as the CPP’s presidential candidate.

Tomorrow’s congress, which has been decentralised because of the novel coronavirus, will also elect new national executives to steer the party’s affairs.

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During the congress, which begins at 7am, nine delegates from each constituency will cast their vote under the supervision of Electoral Commission officials.

Delegates will be required to cast their vote at a designated regional centre, after which they will return immediately to their constituency.

Saturday’s congress was initially scheduled for 27 and 28 March in Kumasi but had to be cancelled because of the outbreak of the novel coronavirus.

It was subsequently moved to 15 August in Accra after some legal interference, but had to be postponed again to 22 August to make allowance for the Hɔmɔwɔ festival.

These are the candidates vying for National Executive positions:

Chairperson
Hajia Hamdatu (acting national chairman)
Nana Frimpomaa Sarpong Kumankuma (former vice-presidential candidate)
Ibrahim Haruna
Nana Oduro Kwarteng
Kweku Ankrah Quansah

Vice-chairman
Onsy Kwame Nkrumah, Emmanuel Ogbojor and J B Daniels will go unopposed as first, second and third vice-chairman respectively.

General secretary
James Kwabena Bomfeh (acting general secretary)
Nana Yaa Akyempim Jantuah (former public relations officer of the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission)

National organiser
Moses Yirimanbo
Rashid Allao

National youth organiser
Hajia Aisha Sulley Futa
Rose Endah
Solomon Amponsah
Osei Kofi Acquah

Fred Dzakpata

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