Democratic Freedom Party

Democratic Freedom Party
Not to be confused with Freedom Democratic Party.
Democratic Freedom Party
Chairman Alhaji Abdul Rahaman Issah
2008 Presidential candidate Emmanuel Ansah-Antwi
Founder Dr. Obed Asamoah
Founded 2006
Headquarters Accra, Ghana
Motto Service in freedom
Ideology Social democracy
Official colors Red, white, violet and green

The Democratic Freedom Party is a political party in Ghana. It was formed in 2006.

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Formation

The formation of the party was first announced by Dr. Obed Asamoah, former chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in February 2006.[1] This follows a split between a Rawlings faction and an Asamoah faction within the NDC.[2] The founding members include former leading members of the NDC such as Dr. Obed Asamoah, immediate past chairman of the NDC and also a former Attorney General and Foreign minister in the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) and NDC governments among others. There are other founding members from the Nkrumahist tradition as well.[3]

Registration

The party received its final electoral certificate on October 20, 2006 allowing it to function as a political party in Ghana.[4]

As of 2007, the Interim Chairman of the party is Alhaji Abdul Rahaman Issah.[5]

First Congress

The party is scheduled to hold its first congress in March 2008 in the lead up to Presidential and Parliamentary elections due in December 2008.[6]

Elections

The DFP candidate, Emmanuel Ansah-Antwi came fourth with 0.33% of the total votes in the Ghanaian presidential election in December 2008.

Notes

  1. ^ "Obed out with Democratic Freedom Party (DFP)". News website (GhanaToday). 2006-02-28. http://www.ghanatoday.com/index.php?option=news&task=viewarticle&sid=15959. Retrieved 2007-04-13. 
  2. ^ "Ghana at a glance". Official Website of the Statesman Newspaper. The Statesman. 2006-12-22. http://www.thestatesmanonline.com/pages/news_detail.php?newsid=1832&section=14. Retrieved 2007-04-13. 
  3. ^ Amankwah, Kwabena (2006-10-25). "Obed Asamoah: I've no interest in the presidency". Official Website of the Statesman Newspaper. The Statesman. http://www.thestatesmanonline.com/pages/news_detail.php?section=1&newsid=1136. Retrieved 2007-04-13. 
  4. ^ "Democratic Freedom Party receives final certificate". General News of Friday, 20 October 2006 (Ghana Home Page). 2006-10-20. http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=112470. Retrieved 2007-04-13. 
  5. ^ "Ghana". The World Factbook. CIA. 2007-03-15. https://cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/gh.html. Retrieved 2007-04-13. 
  6. ^ "DFP for congress in March". General News of Monday, 31 December 2007. Ghana Home Page. 2007-12-31. http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=136808. Retrieved 2007-12-31. 
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