The Convention People’s Party has described as unacceptable the current happenings in Libya. The North African country has witnessed intense shelling of key installations by NATO forces in order to oust the Libya leader Muamar Gaddafhi. NATO is backing Benghazi based rebel forces to take over the running of the North African Country, once the rule by Gaddafhi is brought to an end. A statement signed by the chairman of the CPP, Ladi Nylander, to herald the celebration of the African Union Day, regretted the needless bloodshed in Libya and called on the African Union to negotiate a successful peace agreement. “Imbued with the imperative to attain a strong united prosperous Union of African states, the CPP finds the current developments in Libya unacceptable and calls on the African Union Chairman Mr. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo and Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mr. Jean Ping to, as a matter of urgency, negotiate a ceasefire in the Libyan crises. We demand that the AU show leadership by negotiating a peaceful settlement of the crisis without further bloodshed,” the statement said. The statement further urged the accentuation of regional collaborations such as the New Partnership for Africa’s Development project (NEPAD) and the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) as a way to establish the culture of democracy and good governance on the continent. The CPP also expressed disappointment with the current state of regional integration in the sub-region and called on the Mills government to lead the way in that regard. “The CPP also fails to accept the state of affairs on regional integration, a project that was envisioned by Ghana in the early 1960s. To that end, we wish to remind His Excellency, Professor John Evans Atta Mills, President of the Republic of GHANA and our Minister of Foreign Affairs that regional integration remains Ghana’s “baby”, and the whole continent expects Ghana to lead in the process towards attainment of the goal. “We call on the government of Ghana and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to begin the process of engaging leadership of the African Union for a return to the Agenda of attaining regional economic integration as a matter of urgency,” the statement said. The CPP chairman also wished Ghanaians a happy AU day. Story by Nathan Gadugah/Myjoyonline.com/Ghana