"CPP Is Fantasizing…It Won’t Win 1% In 2012 Poll"

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Created on Sunday, 24 July 2011 00:00

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"CPP Is Fantasizing…It Won’t Win 1% In 2012 Poll"

A youth group of the Convention People's Party (CPP) says should the party dare put up a candidate to contest the 2012 Presidential Elections, it will not garner even one per cent of the total vote cast.

The group says it will be a wasteful expenditure on a dream that is unachievable if the CPP decides otherwise.

Nana Osei Boateng, Spokesperson for the group known as Sankofa, told Radio Gold in an interview that it will best serve the CPP’s interest to build itself up at the grassroots level and gain more grounds in parliament than to field a presidential candidate in election 2012.

“…it’s a waste of money…when we insist on contesting for presidential election, we will not win. I doubt if we will even get 1 per cent of the votes. We should rather contest for the parliamentary and gain more grounds. We should also concentrate on building our structures at the grass roots level, instead of contesting for the presidency…” he opined.

Nana Osei Boateng also urged Dr. Paa Kwesi Ndoum, flagbearer of CPP during the 2008 elections, to save himself the trouble of spending money down the drain since his aspiration to be president on the ticket of the CPP will never become a reality.

“…if he has any help to give the party, he should give the money which he is going to use for the campaign to the party for them to develop the party structures,” he advised.

The CPP is scheduled to elect its National Executives in the next six to eight weeks and elect its flag bearer for Election 2012 on September 30 this year.


Source: Rebecca Quaye/peacemonline.com