Accra, Aug 18, – The Alliance For Change, a pressure group founded in 1995, today said it will campaign against the re- introduction of the Value Added Tax (VAT) and the increases in water and electricity tariffs. In a statement issued in Accra today outlining its agenda for the year, the group said it will campaign for probity and accountability in government and public sector administration. It will also campaign for effective cooperation and collaboration among all democratic forces seeking change and good governance and transparency in the management of the economy. The group which organised the ‘Kume Preko’ marches, which resulted in the death four people on May 11, 1995, said it will press for a search for the killers. It said the high cost of living and other conditions which gave rise to the formation of the group have rather deteriorated. “It is against this background and based on our conviction of the necessity for mobilising all democratic forces into a mass movement capable of building a genuinely democratic society and sustainable economy… that we re-dedicate ourselves to our stated goal. “We have an unfinished agenda and we are back to complete it”, the group said.
