Onsy withdraws suit, wishes CPP well
Dr Onsy Nathan Kwame Nkrumah, an unsuccessful presidential aspirant of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), has withdrawn a suit he filed at the Human Rights Court against the party.
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He filed the suit for what he said he believed were acts of intimidation and unfair treatment meted out to him by certain individuals and groups in the party.
He said those acts denied him the opportunity to contest and become the flag bearer of the CPP for the 2016 general election.
Hindsight reflection
“My decision to withdraw the suit is born out of appeals and advice by many well-meaning people, especially the Council of Elders of our party, and my own hindsight reflection that although the action is right in protecting my fundamental human right, it could bring the party down,” he told the Daily Graphic in an interview.
At this point, Dr Onsy Nkrumah re-affirmed his commitment to what he described as “the patriotic agenda of my father, Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, of political and economic freedom for Ghana and Africa, and its refinement in line with contemporary Ghanaian and global politics.”
Numerous supporters
He congratulated Mr Ivor Kobina Greenstreet on his election as the flag bearer of the CPP, although he said he trusted that the verdict would have been different if he had taken part in the race.
Without prejudice, he wished Mr Greenstreet well, and expressed the hope that he would unite the party for the task ahead.
Furthermore, he also thanked his numerous supporters at home and abroad for their words of encouragement and support and pledged to listen to their advice on his political direction for 2016 and beyond.
