The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has explained that the decision to postpone the launch of its 2020 election manifest is to give room for the approval of the policy principles and strategies promised in the manifesto by the party’s National Executive Committee and Council of Elders.
The manifesto launch which was scheduled to take place on Monday, August 31, 2020 has been rescheduled to Monday, September 7, 2020.
The decision to reschedule the date of the manifesto launch was taken at a meeting of the Functional Executive Committee of the party held on Thursday, August 27, 2020.
A statement signed by General Secretary Johnson Asiedu Nketia said the event will be held virtually as planned in Accra and will be streamed live on various media outlets across the country.
“The Functional Executive Committee of the National Democratic Congress has fixed Monday the 7th day of September, 2020 as the date for the launch in Accra the party’s manifesto for the December 2020 General Elections,” it said.
“This is to enable the National Executive Committee and the Council of Elders approve the policy principles and strategies promised in the manifesto,” the statement explained.
On July 1, 2020, Flagbearer of the party, John Dramani Mahama through a post on social media announced that he had received a copy of the manifesto from the Manifesto Working Committee.
Mr. Mahama later indicated in his social media interactions with Ghanaians that the manifesto will be out doored at an appropriate time.
The party in 2019 after inaugurating its Manifesto Working Committee called on the general public and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) to contribute policy ideas to the manifesto compilation.
But the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) criticized the NDC for its decision to solicit views from the public accusing the party and its flagbearer of lacking policy ideas.
The NDC however defended its decision explaining that it wanted a manifesto that tackles the real needs of the people hence its call to the general public for policy ideas.
At the recent launch of the manifesto of the NPP, the General Secretary of the governing party accused the opposition party of deliberately delaying its manifesto launch to copy policy ideas from the NPP’s manifesto.
