According to him, members portraying themselves as belonging to the one-time great party have either joined the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) or the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), while others have joined other minority parties.

Speaking on December 8, 2023, on Angel FM’s Morning Show, Mr. Wilkinson noted that such development is largely to blame for the current happenings in the CPP, which birthed Ghana’s political independence.

“I am much concerned about the current happenings in the CPP. Look, they have turned into a consolidated party… Yes, I mean it,” the MCE told the host of the show, Okatakyei Afrifa-Mensah.

The Council of Elders of the CPP recently directed all its executives to either voluntarily step down from their posts or they will be forcibly removed from office.

It followed misunderstandings among the national executives, which the Council says are affecting its day-to-day administration as well as preparation towards the 2024 General Elections.

The Executives subsequently complied and resigned en bloc after a meeting on December 6, 2023, ended in chaos.

These developments, coupled with persistent internal wrangling, are contributing factors to its lost identity in Ghana’s politics, he observed.

“So, for me, they [CPP] must change the party’s name from the “Convention People’s Party to the Consolidated People’s Party because they are losing their identity that we [Ghanaians] have known them for,” Wilkinson added.