A leading member of the Convention People’s Party has attributed the poor showing of the party in the just ended December 7 general election to credibility crisis. According to Kwame Jantuah, the long standing alliances with the two leading political parties, the New Patriotic Party and the National Democratic Congress, has led voters wondering if the party was a real alternative. He made the comments on Joy Fm’s news analysis programme News File on Saturday. To take itself out of that quagmire, Mr. Jantuah noted the decision by the party to remain neutral in spite of the incessant lobbying by the two political parties ahead of the run-off, was is in line with the party’s new agenda to carve a new independent image. He cited the victory by Samia Nkrumah in the Jomoro constituency on her own accord, without the support of the NPP as a reflection of what an independent CPP could do. The CPP had earlier collaborated with the NPP in the 2004 election with the NPP ceding three constituencies, Ellembelle, Evalu Edwira, and Komenda Edina Eguafo Abrem constituencies which the CPP eventually won. But Jantuah’s comments sparked varying contributions from the panellists. The editor in chief of the Crusading Guide, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako, rebutted his assertions, saying the CPP must be allowed to grow. A genuine collaboration with the balance of forces, in this case the NPP, will help grow the parliamentary status of the party, adding, the haste by leaders of the CPP to win executive power was detrimental to the development of the party. He made reference to the Great alliance project in 1996, which eventually won the People’s Convention Party (PCP) an offshoot of the CPP 5 seats, but lost four of those seats in 2000 when it decided to win the ultimate presidential election. Eric Ametor Quame features editor of the Ghana Palaver Newspaper said the neutral decision taken by the CPP was only for Dr. Nduom to seek a self centred presidential ambition in 2012. He argued the CPP campaigned for change in the general election, and must be supporting the NDC in the run-off. Story by Nathan Gadugah