Dr Abu Sakara Foster, Vice Presidential Candidate of the Convention People's Party (CPP) in Election 2008, on Tuesday filed nomination papers to contest for the party's flag bearership slot for Election 2012.

He declared that the oscillation of power between the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP), which was diametrically opposed to each other, had led to stagnation in the socio-political development of the country.

Dr Sakara said significant national progress could only be achieved through an alternative third force, which focused on nationalist agenda... ”We cannot permit those who see all issues only through a parochial lens to continue to make decisions or us”.

He said CPP was poised to provide the alternative political third force to transform the political landscape and provide fundamental change of values, principles, policies and chart a new way forward for the country.