He noted that his historic meeting with NPP’s flag-bearer Nana Akufo-Addo was misinterpretated by many as an endorsement of the latter, which many people in the NDC have seen as a stab in the back.
Former president Rawlings was speaking at the Freedom Power Lectures at the Coconut Groove Hotel in Accra on Wednesday. The lecture was under the theme: "Corruption; a threat to democracy and national development."
“I am not saying that I want them (the NDC) to go into opposition,” he voiced out, he rather pointed out, “I would want them to win.”
He said all that he has been praying for and has been his concern, is that should the party lose the 2012 elections and go into opposition again, supporters of NDC can enjoy safety from the laws of the country.
Moreover, would the courts ensure that members and supporters of the NDC are given a fair deal and not persecuted like it happened after the 2000 elections where some persons who served under his government were incarcerated under the Kufuor’s regime?
Mr Rawlings spoke on the need for Ghanaians to derive their safety from the judicial system of the country: whether in government or not, everyone should enjoy the same protection, he prayed.
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