National Independence Party (Ghana)

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National Independence Party
founding May – November 1992
fusion December 1993
(incorporated in: PCP )
Alignment Nkrumahist

The National Independence Party (short name: NIP ), also New Independence Party , was a political party in Ghana , which saw itself in the tradition of the first Ghanaian President Kwame Nkrumah .

history

After the constitutional referendum in April 1992, Ghana's fourth constitution replaced the rule of the Provisional National Defense Council (PNDC). This democratic constitution restored political and civil rights such as political freedom of association , freedom of expression and self-determination , which had not existed under the rule of the military junta. Between May and November 1992 a total of twelve other parties were founded in addition to the National Independence Party ( DPP , EGLE , GDRP , NCP , NDC , NGI , NJP , NPP , NSP , PHP , PNC , PPDD ).

In the presidential elections in November 1992, the multimillionaire and industrial magnate Rev. Dr. Kwabena Darko as a candidate for the National Independence Party. As the fourth strongest candidate, he achieved 2.86 percent of the vote, while the former military dictator Jerry Rawlings (NDC) won the election with an absolute majority. Potential NIP presidential candidates were George Hagan and Daniel Augustus Lartey . Together with NPP, PHP and PNC, the party boycotted the parliamentary elections in December 1992 and justified this decision with the intimidation of its own party members and supporters by the government in the course of the presidential election and the refusal to check the electoral roll .

In December 1993, the NIP merged with the Nkrumahist People's Heritage Party (PHP) and Popular Party for Democracy and Development (PPDD) to form the new People's Convention Party (PCP). This makes the National Independence Party a predecessor to today's Convention People's Party (CPP).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ David Owusu-Ansah : Historical Dictionary of Ghana. Rowman & Littlefield, 4th Edition, Plymouth 2014, ISBN 978-0-8108-7242-4 , p. LXIV.
  2. ↑ Kwame A. Ninsin: Issues in Ghana's Electoral Politics. Codesria, Dakar 2016, ISBN 978-2-86978694-3 , pp. 2–3.
  3. ↑ Vernon D. Darko: Rev. Dr. Kwabena Darko profiles. In: ghanaweb.com , accessed on May 19, 2018.
  4. ^ African Elections Database: Elections in Ghana. In: africanelections.tripod.com , accessed May 19, 2018.
  5. ↑ Professor George P. Hagan Profile. In: ghanaweb.com , accessed on May 19, 2018.
  6. ^ Daniel Augustus Lartey Profile. In: ghanaweb.com , accessed on May 19, 2018.
  7. ↑ Interparliamentary Union : GHANA Parliamentary Chamber: Elections held in 1992. In: ipu.org , accessed on May 19, 2018 (English).
  8. ↑ Tom Lansford, Political Handbook of the World 2015. CQ Press, New York City 2015, ISBN 978-1-4833-7157-3 .