The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has been urged to concentrate on wining parliamentary seats rather than aiming at the presidency.
Speaking on an Accra based radio station, the Programmes Officer at the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD), Paul Mensah, insisted that strengthening grassroots participation would increase the PPP’s chances in future elections.
He explained that the Ghanaian electorates have over the years been divided between the two leading political parties in the country, implying that Dr. Nduom would lose miserable if he focuses on the presidency.
“If you go through the analysis, you will realize that over the years since we started the Fourth Republic, minor parties put together have not performed anything beyond 15 per cent. It means that the NDC and the NPP have been able to establish a constituency put together will bring them around 33, 34 percent in every election”, he said.
Mr. Mensah therefore advised that “if they could work through their Parliamentary seats, maybe in subsequent elections, their Parliamentary seats can sell them within the constituency and they could make an impact in the Presidential slot.”
Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, yesterday officially outlined his policies and programmes for Ghana if elected as President in the forthcoming elections.
He stood on the ticket of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) as presidential candidate in 2008, but resigned from the party to form the PPP.
Source: GhanaWeb
