Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, a former minister of trade and industries, has resigned from the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and declared his intentions to contest as an independent candidate in the 2024 elections.
“Under the circumstances and given the contest provided, I wish to use this platform to announce that I am honorably resigning with immediate effect from the NPP to contest for the high office of the president of the Republic of Ghana in the 2024 general elections as an independent presidential candidate”, he stated.
“To actualise this goal, I will establish and lead a new Movement For Change in Ghana. The brand logo for the Movement is the Monarch Butterfly, which politically symbolizes change and transformation, hope and positivity“, he added.
According to him, his decision to run as an independent candidate would help change the norm by breaking the duopoly between the two main political parties in Ghana, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
He again asserted that “this will break divisive partisanship in governance in Ghana and bring an end to the “winner takes all” political syndrome.”
Mr. Kyeremanten revealed this when he was addressing a press conference in Accra on Monday, September 25, 2023.
He said his decision to resign from the governing NPP and to contest the upcoming presidential election as an independent candidate was borne out of the failure of the party to address his concerns and those of his supporters.
Source:A1radiooline.Com|101.1MHz|Gilbert Azeem Tiroog
