New political party receives final certificate - New Vision Party (NVP)

Mr. Kwadwo Sarfo Kantanka, Deputy

Chairman of the Electoral Commission (EC) in Charge of Operations, on

Friday advised political parties to study and comply with the 1992

Constitution with particular reference to the electoral laws, the Political

Parties Act and other operational directives of the commission.
He said organising political party activities from the ward,

constituency, regional and national levels was serious business that

required commitment, resources and personnel.
Mr. Kantanka was speaking during the presentation of Final Certificate

to a new political party, the New Vision Party (NVP), in Accra.
He expressed concern about the large number of “dead,” or

“holidaying,” political parties on the electoral register and said “you must

work hard to avoid dropping into the political doldrums and not to be

classified as a flash in the pan”.
Mr. Kantanka reminded the leaders that presentation of the final

certificate ended the first phase of formation of a political party and the

beginning of the actual work to build the party.
The EC Commissioner said the core function of a political party was

to win political power to govern the nation adding they should not just

receive the certificate and go to bed.
The interim executive officers are Chairman, Apostle Aaron King;

General Secretary, Dan Enu; National Organiser, Mr Eric Lartey; Youth

Organiser, Eric Amoafo; and Women Organiser, Hajia Agyara.
Prophet Daniel Nkansah of the New Vision Pentecostal Church based

in Accra is the founder.
Large supporters of the party and members of the church, including

pastors thronged the EC to witness the symbolic presentation of the final

certificate.
Apostle King said the party cut across the Christian fraternity,

stressing that it was time for the Lord to appoint a leader for the nation.
He said NVP was ready to win Election 2008 “to liberate Ghanaians

and create a just society”.
The EC Deputy Chairman also expressed concern about an attempt by

NVP officials to play with colours in the registration of its logo and

official colours.
According to the EC, the interim executives, as part of the registration

procedure, had presented mauve, white and yellow as its official colours

with a lamp in the middle.
In contravention of the registration procedure, the EC noticed during

final check before presentation of the Final Certificate of Registration that

the party had changed the mauve to blue and the yellow to yellowish red

with a lamp in the middle.
The party's slogan is “eye kanea, eye nsroma,” meaning “it's Light,

it's the Star.”
“This is deceptive and unacceptable as it looks like the colours of an

existing political party; it has the potential of creating colour confusion

among the electorate,” Mr Sarfo Kantanka, told the NVP interim

executives.
The EC therefore ordered the NVP interim executives to correct the

anomaly immediately to pave way for the presentation of the final

certificate.
After two-and-a-half hours of waiting, the interim executives came

back with the correct colours.