Founder of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) Ex-President
Jerry John Rawlings has vehemently spoken on the
suspension of “one of the most truthful, forceful, logically minded
personalities of integrity” his spokesperson, Kofi Adams from the party,
accusing the Mills administration and NDC leadership of treating him
(Adams) like an outcast just "to serve a parochial and unpatriotic
interest".
Last Thursday, the NDCs National Executive Committee (NEC) at an emergency
meeting, temporarily ousted Kofi Adams from the party for three months
for allegedly scheming with the Executive Director of the Danquah
Institute, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, a dye-in-the-wool NPP activist, to
scuttle the second term bid of NDC flagbearer President John Evans Atta
Mills.
This followed the recording of a private conversation he is alleged to
have had with Gabby, the contents of which have since been made public.
A Deputy General Secretary of the party, Kofi Adams, was also referred
to the Disciplinary Committee (DC) of the party for further action
whiles he serves his suspension.
NDC Chief Scribe, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, who disclosed to OkayFM,
explained that the Disciplinary Committee had been mandated to give a
fair hearing to Mr Adams, establish the veracity or otherwise of the
recording and advise the NEC appropriately.
He was stressed that until the disciplinary committee submits its
report on the case, Kofi Adams is “a free agent” and not a member of the
NDC, adding that he (Kofi Adams) can no longer exercise any rights as
an NDC member until the committee comes out with its report.
But in a pithy statement punctuated with epigrams, Mr Rawlings slammed
the Mills’ administration and the NDC leadership for treating Kofi Adams
as an “outcast”. To him, the Mills administration is “fast speeding the
country into an abyss” and called on all as Easter approaches, to “seek
God’s guidance in honest, unpretentious prayer of supplication”.
“When you find yourself in an unintended pit or hole the wise thing to
do is to stop digging. It does not appear the Mills government is able
to see the growing darkness around them…They have lost so much moral
high ground and now one of the most truthful, forceful, logically minded
personalities of integrity in the party leadership is being treated
like an outcast to serve a parochial and unpatriotic interest, the
statement said.
Below is the statement issued from the Office of the Former President
“When you find yourself in an unintended pit or hole the wise thing to do is to stop digging. It does not appear the Mills government is able to see the growing darkness around them.
They have lost so much moral high ground and now one of the most truthful, forceful, logically minded personalities of integrity in the party leadership is being treated like an outcast to serve a parochial and unpatriotic interest.
Do we need any other evidence to demonstrate that the Mills government has no intention of profiting from the truth?
Ghana needs a real and true awakening. The government is fast speeding the country into an abyss and as Easter draws near let us seek God’s guidance in honest, unpretentious prayer of supplication.”
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