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Businessman Dr. Henry Lartey has been selected to lead the Great Consolidated People’s Party (GCPP) for the 2020 presidential elections.
Dr. Lartey was announced as a GCPP flag bearer during the launch of the party’s manifesto and the sixth Congress of National Delegates held in Accra on Saturday.
The businessman who served as the party’s national chairman, along with other national executives, was elected unopposed to lead the party in search of power on December 7.
This will be the third time that Dr. Lartey will lead the party in the presidential race.
Speaking to GNA, Dr. Lartey said he is optimistic about appearing on the ballot this year after his disqualification in the last election.
“We have done our job well and we are sure that he would be on the ballot and then win the December elections,” he said.
He added that the party had an agenda of ‘domestication’ and will defend it to win the elections amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
“Most Ghanaians have also realized that we have to push the agenda to produce everything in this country and domestication remains the way forward for Ghana.”
“We need to produce and buy our products to ensure that we develop the domestic economy, rather than buying in other countries,” emphasized Dr. Lartey.
He urged Ghanaians to support the GCPP to win the next elections and develop the country by supporting indigenous industries to expand and produce for the whole country.
Regarding the party’s manifesto, the businessman explained that he focused on two areas; Agriculture and Solar Energy.
“We need to eat what we grow and grow what we eat and also produce energy from natural sources for our own use and sell it to other countries as well,” he explained.
Mentioning the ¢ 100,000 filing fee for presidential hopefuls, the flag bearer said the decision was expected.
Dr. Lartey stated that “there had been an increase in 2016 and we knew it would happen again, so, reduce or not, we must stick to what the Commission has demanded.”
He called on his campaign team, national and regional executives to continue working hard to wrest power from the incumbent government in December for the first time.
The National Executives of the party are; Andy Bampoh Sakyi; first vice president, Martha Jonah, second vice president, while citizens Ato Dadzie and Alhassan Isahaku would serve as general secretary and general secretary of education, respectively.
The rest are; Kaizia Ablor as treasurer, George Amoah as organizer, and Cynthia Atta as women’s organizer.
