We the leaders of the People’s Movement for Freedom and Justice, composed of politicians and elder statesmen, declare our convictions as follows: 

1. That our dear country Ghana is in a state of economic and political crisis of very serious moment which demands that we should take action decisively and effectively to rectify the situation. 
2. That since the economic and financial crisis has been allowed …to worsen progressively from day to day, we conclude that either the S.M.C. Government cannot appreciate the nature of the problem at all, or do not care or that the solution required to rectify the crisis is simply beyond their capability. 
3. That instead of taking action to correct the current very serious economic and financial crisis, they have rather embarked on a phony constitutional exercise to deceive the people into accepting a constitutional solution which would bring into being in the country, a system of government which would deprive the nation forever firstly of the fundamental right of freedom of association for political action, and secondly, the opportunity of the people to fall on of an alternative government should a ruling government become incompetent. 
4. That for the promotion of their avowed aim to establish No party dictatorship, under the guise of UNION/NATIONAL government, the S.M.C. government is conducting a hot one- sided campaign led by the Head of State, General Acheampong himself, and in a field open only to those who back him to the exclusion of any opponents of their idea of Union Government.
5. That to us, the report of the Ad Hoc Committee is unacceptable; it has made proposals for setting up what is is in reality, a blue print for a personal dictatorship of one man– the President because all who can manage to reach the kind of Parliament envisaged in the Ad Hoc Committee proposals will be his cronies and bootlickers. They will not hold the national interest as foremost in their hearts and minds. This state of affairs is unacceptable and must be rejected. 
6. That we are taking up the Chairman of the S.M.C. General Acheampong, on his oft repeated word that all opponents of the Union Goverment proposals should feel free and must be allowed to express their views. 
7. That with barely 60/61 days before the referendum day, and as it is obvious that the S.M.C. considers itself heavily committed to holding the referendum, we are resolving here and now to exercise our inalienable right also to go into the field to campaign for the opposite views to be brought to the electorate before they decide at the referendum. 
8. That General Acheampong has stated that some individuals are planning to disrupt the referendum. If any such body of individuals exists, we are taking this opportunit categorically to disassociate ourselves from them. We would like to assure the General and Head of State in particular and the nation at large that we have no intention whatsoever of attempting to disrupt the referendum. Indeed we will participate in the referendum in strict accordance with the spirit and regulations laid down by the Electoral Commissioner for the conduct of the referendum, and we expect the S.M.C. government and its associated bodies presently campaigning for support for the Union Government idea to do the same. He would therefore wish to say that we do not expect hostile or self-appointed thugs to come and disrupt our meetings on the pretext that we are enemies of the Revolution. Our movement has come into being to ensure the ultimate fairness and success of the Referendum. 
9. That both sides should agree to abide by the results of the vote on Referendum day. Should the vote be YES we would accept this as an expression of the peoples’ confidence in General Acheampong and his government to proceed with their programme for a return to constitutional rule. Should the Vote be NO it must be accepted by the S.M.C. Government as the expression of the peoples’ lack of confidence in them to carry on managing the affairs of our country, and they must do what would be honourable of them and hand over to an interim government to arrange the return to civilian rule. For all these reasons, we are here calling upon all true patriots to join hands with us in vigorously promoting the very noble objectives and aims of the People’s Movement for Freedom and Justice, whose inspiration is our national motto. We have launched the Movement to give meaning and significance to that national motto. 

Thank you! 

LONG LIVE FREEDOM 
LONG LIVE DEMOCRACY 
LONG LIVE THE MOVEMENT FOR FREEDOM & JUSTICE 
LONG LIVE GHANA.