The Director of Conflict Resolution of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Abraham Amaliba believes that the alliance between Alan Kyerematen and Abu Sakara Foster will affect the New Patriotic Party (NPP) more than any other political party.
He attributed this to the fact that the key leader in this alliance, Mr Kyerematen was a stalwart of the NPP who broke away from the party recently.
“This alliance, if it is going to hurt at all, it will be the NPP because the chief person came from the NPP,” he said on the New Day show on TV3 Friday, April 5.
A member of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) Kwame Jantuah also said that the alliance will cause a huge change in the body politics of Ghana.
He expressed hope that this will be the third force that Ghanaians are yearning for.
“If this will change the duopoly, why not? It could turn into a third force,” he said on the New Day show on TV3 on Friday, April 5.
“It will be a huge change in our body politics. I have been calling on the Nkrumahist group to come together,” Jantauh added.
The Movement for Change (M4C) founded by Kyerematen, and the National Interest Movement (NIM), a political Civil Society Coalition, convened by Dr. Michael Abu Sakara Foster, disclosed that they had concluded talks with a number of political entities and individuals to establish a grand Alliance to contest the 2024 general elections.
The Alliance will be launched on Wednesday, 17th April 2024. This is contained in a press release dated April 4, 2024.
“The Alliance, named the ‘Alliance for Revolutionary Change’ (ARC) will aggressively mobilize Ghanaians from across the country, particularly the youth and women, irrespective of their religious, political, and ethnic affiliations, in a grand coalition to elect the first Independent Candidate as the President of the Republic of Ghana. The Alliance when voted into Government, will focus on breaking the cycle of poverty and reset the country on a new path to prosperity,” portions of the press release read.
According to the release, “The Alliance seeks to end the dominance of the duopoly, the NDC and the NPP, in Ghanaian politics, two Parties which after 32 years in government, have failed to address the fundamental challenges of development in our beloved country. The divisiveness in Ghanaian politics, the ‘Winner takes all’ syndrome as well as the lack of continuity in the execution of government projects which have been associated with the duopoly, have brought untold hardships on the good people of Ghana.”
It assured that “The Alliance will work towards forming an all-inclusive Government of National Unity with representation from Political Parties, the Business Community, Farmers and Fishermen, Labour Unions, Faith-Based Organizations, Traditional Authorities, Civil Society Organizations, Academia, Media, and other Stakeholder Interest Groups. The Alliance will also mobilize consensus towards a National Development Plan which will go beyond Party Manifestoes and constitute the Blueprint for Ghana’s economic transformation.”
“To realise this objective, the Alliance will advocate for fundamental Constitutional Reforms including but not limited to reforms in Governance, Public Sector Accountability, Management of our Natural Resources, as well as Mindset and Attitudinal change in Ghana,” the release concluded.