Justice Party (Ghana)
The Justice Party ( JP ) was a political party in Ghana .
The NAL was a party dominated by the people and the interests of the Ewe , with important influences from the Convention People's Party (CPP), which existed until 1966 .
The JP found its supporters primarily in the large coastal cities and generally in the southern part of Ghana with a focus on the ethnic group of the Ewe , like the NAL before.
history
It was founded in October 1970 by the union of the National Alliance of Liberals (NAL), the United Nationalist Party and the All People's Republican Party and has since seen itself as an opposition party to the ruling Progress Party of Prime Minister Kofi Abrefa Busia .
The chairman of the NAL, Komla Agbeli Gbedemah , was removed from his seat in Parliament shortly after the August 29, 1969 elections by the Supreme Court after its conviction for serious financial crimes. Without leadership, the NAL joined forces with the two above-mentioned parties, as well as another smaller party, also represented in the National Assembly, chaired by Joe Appiah to form the Justice Party . Some time later, Eric Madjitey took over the chairmanship of the party.
When it was founded, the Justice Party held 29 of the 140 seats in the National Assembly , i.e. around 30.4 percent of the votes in the Ghanaian parliament. The Justice Party was Ghana's most important opposition party under its leader Ignatius Kutu Acheampong until the military coup of January 13, 1972 . Together with the other parties, the Justice Party was banned after the military coup in January 1972.