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The Great Consolidated Popular Party(GCPP) will contest all the 275 parliamentary seats as the party plans to make a massive impact.

According to the Presidential Candidate of the party, Dr Henry Herbert Lartey, the GCPP had already elected its candidates for all the constituencies, adding that the candidates were currently campaigning ahead of the December 7 polls.“The reason why the party was unable to file for any parliamentary seat in the 2012 election was that the leadership wanted to address all its internal problems. Unfortunately, by the time we finished, it was only two days to file for the nomination,” Dr Lartey told the Daily Graphic.In an attempt to show how prepared the party was, he brought out a document which contained the names of all the parliamentary candidates to be presented for this year’s elections.

Dr Lartey said in some constituencies, the party had about three people contesting to represent the party,  and added that “ the best candidate will be selected before the end of August”.

Concerning how the party intended to finance the candidates, he said “Ghanaians should not worry about that because funds have been arranged for their nomination”.

Dr Lartey said the 2016 Election would be a major platform for the GCPP to announce to Ghanaians the party’s readiness to rule the country.

Impact on elections

The GCPP was formed on June 18, 1996.

The party was founded by Mr Daniel Augustus Lartey, also known as Dan Lartey, after it received its final certification from the Electoral Commission (EC).

When the founder died in December 2009, aged 83, his eldest son, Dr Lartey, succeeded him.

Among the eight political parties that took part in the 2012 Election, the party placed fourth, marshalling a total votes of 38,223.

Although the GCPP did not organise any massive campaign compared with the other political parties, it was able to beat the Peoples National Convention (PNC), and the Convention People’s Party (CPP), which had 24,617 and 20,323 votes respectively.

Ahead of the 2016 Election

Throwing more light on what the party was doing in the build-up to the December 7 polls, Dr Lartey said the GCPP had already begun its campaign by organising constant dialogues with grass-roots supporters of the party, especially those in remote communities.