CPP sets up 8-member committee

An eight-member independent committee has been appointed by the Convention People’s Party (CPP) to manage the party’s affairs and restructure its operations until new national officers are chosen.

The other CPP members are Prof. Nii Noi Dowuona, Ali Adamu, Opare Addo, Joyce Larbie, Hajia Hamdatu Ibrahim, Bright Akwetey, and Kwame Botsio, with Wing Commander Patrick Sorgbodjor (retd) serving as chairman.

It came about as a result of several meetings held by a group of the party’s founding members, in cooperation with the CPP council of elders, with members of the national leadership, central committee, legal committee, and the party’s former flag bearer, Ivor Kobina Greenstreet, to talk about the party’s problems and come up with solutions.

The CPP chairman, Naa Prof. Edmund N. Delle Chiir VIII, hosted the sessions from April 16–18, 2024, at his East Legon home. During that time, he gathered the opinions and concerns of all attendees with concerns on how to handle the crises.

Assessment

According to a letter signed by Naa Prof. Delle, following a sober and detached assessment of the Convention People’s Party’s (CPP) current state, it was determined that an independent committee should be established to take on, among other duties, the creation of a comprehensive reorganization plan that would involve mobilizing resources, establishing a working National Secretariat, supervising its implementation, and withdrawing all pending cases from court for resolution.

“To ensure consensus in the acceptance of this decision, the Founders held separate meetings with the chairperson on May 9, 2024, and the rest of the Central Committee members on May 14, 2024; the Chairperson later joined the latter meeting.

“After a fruitful discussion, the decision of the Founders was unanimously adopted with the mandate to constitute membership of the committee to undertake the aforementioned.

The Committee, which will work under the auspices of the Founders, was tasked to set its meeting schedules and co-opt other Comrades or assign other duties to facilitate its work,” it stated.

Council of Elders

In a statement issued by Felix Amoah, the chairman of the council of elders, the council endorsed the party’s orders and requested that the independent committee submit an ongoing progress report to the council.

In order to help in its work, the committee was also urged to form subcommittees, and several suggestions were made, including the Congress Committee, the Vetting Committee, the Operations and Elections Committee, and the Fundraising Committee.

CPP Flag bearer

It mandated that the party’s reorganization process be reset to conform to the party’s constitutional rules and proceed concurrently with the flagbearership race.

“The Council directs the independent committee to immediately organise an extraordinary congress to elect a flag bearer for 2024,” it stated. The council of elders directed the independent committee to conclude the reorganisation of the party and ensure all structural elections were held by December 2025.

“The Council of Elders has given their approval and blessing to this independent committee, which draws its powers from the council, will ensure it has an oversight responsibility on the activities of this independent committee,” it said.