CPPC: This election is our first step in long-term plan

WHILE they may not have registered a beep in recent newspaper polls and look highly unlikely to make up a quota on Friday, the People’s Convention (CPPC), who are fielding four election candidates in Cork, say this Friday’s election is only the first step in their long-term plan.

Their spokesman, Diarmuid Ó Cadhla, readily concedes the election “fell upon us” and the group, which held its first meeting last December, was “nowhere near as well prepared” as they would have liked. However, they fully believe that “we are putting democracy on the map”.

“None of us have any experience of elections and so it has been a learning experience. We are holding a convention meeting on Sunday and at that we will discuss our plan going forward,” said Mr Ó Cadhla. There had been nascent plans to create a more national organisation but again, the sudden nature of the election, put paid to that.