Managing Editor of the Insight Newspaper and a leading member of the Convention Peoples Party (CPP), Kwesi Pratt, has commented on the recent shake-up within the party's national executive leadership.

During an appearance on Metro TV on December 6, 2023, Mr Pratt revealed that he had been invited to a meeting where the significant changes in the party were discussed.

He emphasized that the party is currently struggling because it has deviated from its core principles that define the CPP.

“I was invited to this meeting as a founding member. When the invitation was delivered to me, I was warned that there will be a revolution in Kumasi and that I should prepare myself to participate in that revolutionary struggle. But I decided then to stay out of this revolutionary process.

“The party has not been doing well over a long period of time and everybody knows that. The reason for that is that it has not been able to return to its core values,” he stated.

The CPP recently removed all its national executive officers and appointed new interim council members, including the removal of notable figures such as General Secretary Nana Yaa Jantuah and National Chairperson Nana Akosua Frimpomaa Sarpong-Kumankumah, a decision taken during its meeting.

The decision was communicated through an official statement released on December 5, 2023, signed by the Interim Secretary, Kwame Nkrumah Botsio.

The statement revealed that the decision to remove all National Executive Officers was made during the NEC meeting held in Kumasi.

Kwesi Pratt highlighted that merely replacing national executive officers without a fundamental shift in the party's ideology might not present a viable alternative. Nevertheless, he expressed hopes that the recent shakeup within the CPP could potentially bring the party back on track.

“Moving national executive officers bringing new ones, does not present an alternative to those parties who are pursuing a new liberal agenda. I am also sure that this so-called revolution will lead to a situation where the party will return to its core values,” he added.