Former National Youth Organizer of the opposition New
Patriotic Party (NPP), Anthony Karbo, says the party will
reorganize and come back stronger for the 'battle' in
2016.
He said that the party leadership is going back to the
drawing board to put their strategies right in order to ensure they
are voted back into power at the next polls.
Karbo’s comment comes after the Supreme Court dismissed a
presidential election petition initiated by the NPP flagbearer and
two others challenging the legitimacy of President John
Mahama.
By a majority decision, the justices of the Supreme Court on
Thursday August 29, 2013 ruled that he [Mahama] was validly elected
in the 2012 elections.
Immediately after the ruling, the petitioners, led by the
party’s flagbearer Nana Akufo-Addo, accepted the judgement and said
he will not seek a review.
Speaking on Asempa FM’s Ekosii
Sen programme on Thursday, Anthony Karbo said Nana
Akufo-Addo and the NPP have demonstrated to the entire world that
indeed they believe in democracy.
He noted that eight months of litigation cannot be a waste of
time as some would suggest, because it would changed the electoral
process.
"We are looking forward to some radical reforms in the
electoral process because elections in Ghana will never be the same
again," he added.
The NPP youth activist stated that ruling on the election
petition is not victory for the governing National Democratic
Congress (NDC) or a defeat for the NPP, but rather victory for
Ghana.
Anthony Karbo said the NPP as a government in waiting will
embark on reforms to strength the party structures ahead of the
2016 general elections.
He observed that the party will leave no stone unturned in
uniting its rank and file for a formidable team during the next
polls.
"We have three more years to go, I believe after
reorganization in the party we will come back stronger and better
as a party and a government in waiting".
Anthony Karbo called on NPP members to put the court case
behind them and work assiduously for the party to come back to
power.
