The 2012 presidential candidate of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) Dr Abu Sakara, will contest the 2016 presidential race as an independent candidate.
Dr Sakara says the purpose of his action will be to provide a more focused national interest platform to enable Ghanaians build national consensus around key issues that will transform the country.
“The stagnation of our democracy demands a different, innovative and bold course of action to achieve the desired change we seek. For the moment the traditional route of political parties will only produce more of the same lone and weak voices in the wilderness of self righteousness,” Dr Sakara said in the two page press release.
Dr Sakara is hopeful that his independent candidacy will enable Ghanaians across the political divide to mobilize their heartfelt desire for an alternative to the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP).
“A focus on a well defined national interest platform will provide the mechanism needed to build momentum for a paradigm shift to overcome the polarized political dialogue that has divided our nation,” he said.
Dr Sakara also indicates that the “conduct and misplaced priorities that still dominate decision making in the [CPP],” caused him to run as an independent candidate.`