APC not appendage of any party — Ayariga
The All People’s Congress (APC) is not an appendage of any political party and it will stand on its own feet to win political power in the forthcoming general election, declares Dr Hassan Ayariga.
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Dr Ayariga, the leader and founder of the APC, made the declaration at a press conference in Accra Tuesday when he unveiled the provisional certificate that the Electoral Commission had granted to the party.
Responding to a question on the party’s sponsors, he said a “team of selfless and committed men and women in APC will not have one foot in the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and another foot in the New Patriotic Party (NPP)”.
No merger
He explained that the party “will be on its own feet and go to the election to win power or share power but would never merge with any political power”.
He added that the APC was formed to create a platform for the silent majority of Ghanaians who did not want to be part of the duo politics of NDC and NPP.
He said it was for the youth to rise up and stop the bluff of NDC and NPP and added, “it is time for the youth who are undecided and disillusioned to take their destiny into their own hands”.
Self-confidence
According to him, the APC will help the youth move the country forward and make them self-confident; adopt the can-do attitude and attain self-actualisation.
He said he could not realise such a dream in “the old wine skins, hence my decision to form this new political party,” and that he could see the dawn of a new day on the political landscape of the country.
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Dr Ayariga said the APC believed in the inclusive governance concept, irrespective of members’ present political standing, religious beliefs and social status.
He also said there was going to be a shake-up in the Ghanaian political space this time around so the disillusioned youth were being called upon to be part of the historical move.
Dr Ayariga used the occasion to show the party’s provisional certificate to the press and the general public.