Popular Front Party
The Popular Front Party ( PFP ) was a political party in Ghana .
history
It was founded after the end of the military dictatorship under Ignatius Kutu Acheampong and the end of the current ban on political parties for the 1979 elections in the Third Republic of Ghana (1979-1981). The PFP is regarded as the successor party of the Progress Party , the ruling party of the Second Republic under Kofi Abrefa Busia and is thus politically in the conservative-liberal Danquah Busia tradition.
In the elections on June 18, 1979 came for the PFP Victor Owusu as a candidate in the presidential election. In the first ballot he achieved second place with around 29.86 percent of the vote. In the subsequent runoff election on July 9, 1979, Owusu, who came second, ran for the PFP against Hilla Limann , who would later become President of Ghana. Owusu achieved 38 percent of the vote and was clearly defeated by Limann.
In the elections to the National Assembly ( National Assembley ) on June 18, 1979, the PFP achieved a total of 42 of the 140 seats, making it the strongest opposition party behind the People's National Party of Limann.
The PFP was dissolved after Jerry Rawlings successfully organized a military coup against President Liman on December 31, 1981 and banned political parties.
Well-known members of the PFP
- Victor Owusu , chairman
- John Agyekum Kufuor , founding member
- Kwamina Bartels
- Stephen Asamoah-Boateng