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CPP calls for vigilance,
justice and fairness for Election 2008
Accra, January 2, Ghanadot/GNA - The Convention Peoples
Party (CPP) on Wednesday appealed to all political parties
to abide by the electoral rules of vigilance, justice and
fair play in Elections 2008.
"We must not be taken in by those who pay lip-service to the
electoral process, we must watch out carefully for
anti-electoral behaviour, whether it takes the form of
outright deception or sabotage," Mr James Kwabena Bomfeh
Jnr., CPP National Youth Organizer stated in a statement in
Accra.
The statement tagged; "The Youth League of CPP's New Year
message," tasked the Youth to rise-up and demonstrate their
loyalty and patriotism for the service of mother Ghana and
Africa, stressing that they had vital roles to play for the
reconstruction and development of the nation and the
continent.
He noted that the future of the nation demanded that the
youth fashioned their lives with a distinct objective; "to
love Ghana and make her great and proud at all times in all
things.
"To work towards the attainment of a nation that will be the
happiest place for every Ghanaian. Of brainpower, talent and
energy, the good Lord has endowed you, what is required for
which we must press for is the State's responsibility to
provide opportunity and affordable capital for all."
Mr Bomfeh said the CPP acknowledged that Ghana was passing
through an important and exciting phase in the nation's
history not only in deepening the democratic credentials,
but also in the struggle for economic freedom devoid of any
political and social interference.
On the CPP's preparation towards winning Election 2008, Mr.
Bomfeh noted that the party considered winning the
Presidential and majority parliamentary seats as a greater
challenge for the party, but noted that the new executives
are capable of leading the party to attain that and liberate
the nation once again.
He said the CPP also view the role of political
stakeholders, including the Government, Electoral
Commission, various political parties and the donor
community in general as vital to ensure that the general
elections were free, fair and transparent.
"This calls for stronger, good character, great moral
courage, humility, hardworking, polite, responsiveness,
reliability and honesty from the rank and file of the great
CPP especially the youth," Mr Bomfeh stated.
The Youth Organiser urged the youth wing of the party to
appreciate the magnitude of task ahead for total victory in
the general elections.
"As a revolutionary people, with a revolutionary party,
working at a revolutionary tempo and with faith in the
revolution, we can move mountains. But that requires great
discipline, determination and strict adherence to the core
values of our great Party.
"It is never easy to determine in a party like ours that has
been through tribulations since 1966, burdened with the
remnants of reactionary indoctrinations and contradictions,
how many secret enemies and hidden agents are operating from
our midst.
"We are better off if we can trust one another rather than
live in an atmosphere of mutual suspicion. Yet unless we
exercise the utmost vigilance and mete out the heaviest
punishment for treachery and indiscipline our revolution is
always in danger of being undermined.
"Go forward and march together, in unity and strength, as
one people, with one destiny, in one nation. In all things
remember that our great Party - the Convention Peoples'
Party - stand behind as the bulwark of your endeavours," Mr
Bomfeh stated.
GNA
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