PNC is committed to unity talks — Ramadan

The unwillingness on the part of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) to compromise on its stance has been identified as the snag hampering the protracted unity talks between the CPP and the People’s National Convention (PNC).
According to the National Chairman of the PNC, Alhaji Ahmed Ramadan, at every point in time that the issue had come up, the PNC “had readily bent to the extent that its spinal cord is breaking”, while the CPP had decide not to give away anything.
Alhaji Ramadan was speaking to the Daily Graphic about the much publicised unity talks with the CPP.
In July this year, the Daily Graphic reported that the second highest decision bodies of the two parties have given the green light to the leaders of both parties to ensure that the ongoing unity talks resulted in a single united Nkrumaist political party.
According to the bodies, when all rough edges were strengthened and modalities for the unity were clearly defined, then the highest decision bodies of both parties, national congresses would give their final nod for a united party.
The National Chairman of the CPP, Mr Ladi Nylander and the General Secretary of the PNC confirmed this to the Daily Graphic in separate interviews.
Explaining further, Alhaji Ramadan stated that the CPP at one of its congresses passed a resolution that in case of any unity talks with any Nkrumaist party, it should never change its name, symbol and motto of the party.
According to him, the PNC is also a well constituted political party that cannot allow itself to be swallowed by another party leading to the loss of its identity, especially name, motto and symbol.
He recalled that during one of the unity talks, when discussions had reached advanced stage, Mr JSP Jantuah, a leading member of the CPP threatened the talks with legal action.
Alhaji Ramadan said Mr Jantuah’s threat was that if the CPP went ahead with the talks and in the process gave out any of its name, symbol or motto those national executive would be dragged to court, a situation which abroptly ended the talks.
He expressed worry that because of the intransigence of the CPP, most of the unity talk, irrespective of the extent to which the talks had gone, the PNC had to abandone it.