The 'Ghana Palaver' says President J.A. Kufuor is running the country without a Cabinet and a Council of State, which sources say, is due to the President's difficulty in fighting back the pressure put on him with the load of 27 Ministers, all struggling for Cabinet Status.

It quotes Article 76 of the Constitution which mandates the President to have a Cabinet of between 10 and 19 members and says sources indicates that almost all of Kufuor's Ministers have laid claims to Cabinet status, with none prepared to accept a non-Cabinet-ranking position.

"As a result, the President's table is now filled with a jumble of old and new certificates, genuine and fake educational credentials, with each 'applicant', claiming to be better than all others."

The infighting, the sources reveal, is now even more serious and severe than it was in pre-election days, when factionalism within the top party hierarchy, at times drew punches and blood.