The UK/Ireland Regional Branch of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), note with great shock and sadness the sudden death of President John Evans Atta Mills. We note that many in our nation will be saddened at the breaking of this news. We send the Government of Ghana and our grieving nation condolences in the knowledge that our late President offered a calm, gentle and affectionate leadership to the people of Ghana living up to his promise to uphold the rule of law in the exercise of this high office. The CPP of UK/Ireland would want to set aside our disagreements with the policies of our late President’s government and call on the nation to unite at this time in common grief to show our civility and purpose. We ask to send to Mrs Naadu Mills and the family these condolences and wish for them strength and God’s blessings. We delight in addressing ourselves to the legacy of tolerance and humility in high office that your late husband our President leaves us as a nation. His was strength in humility and calmness. We would also like to take this opportunity to wish Vice-President John Dramani Mahama our warm felicitations on his assumption of the high office of President. We wish him and his family God’s guidance in the exercise and execution of his duties to carry on with the style and legacy of his late predecessor. We feel proud in addressing ourselves to the smooth and flawless manner of the transfer of office and cannot but admire Ghana and our people in such excellence. We show to the world that in adversity and sadness we have the capacity to come right. May the soul of beloved fallen President John Evans Atta Mills rest in eternal peace. Signed Chair BB OSEI Communications Directorate CPP UK & IRELAND BRANCH