Rawlings Should Simply Lock Himself Up In A Room When Asked To Speak At Any Function

Former President Rawlings, a couple of days ago, lambasted his successor, former President John Agyekum Kufour, over some practices, which to him, were undertaken to the detriment of Ghanaians. Speaking as the Guest of Honour at the closing ceremony of the Regional camp of the International Youth Fellowship at the Adidome Senior High School in the Volta Region, Mr. Rawlings described his successor as an "autocratic thief." “When people get up, they wanna create the impression to you the young ones as if the corruption started with this man, the young man, John Mahama. No, it started with Kufuor and that’s why I said Kufuor was an autocratic thief”, he told the students. He further swore never to stop reminding the nation of the alleged corrupt character of former President Kufour as well as the manner in which he plundered State assets while in office. “People keep saying that I should keep quiet on Kufuor. The day I keep quiet on Kufuor, his image will become white-washed and he will use that stolen corrupt wealth to determine the political destiny of this country. I will not. All I have is my integrity”, he blurted out. Several critics and socio-economic commentators have also responded to his accusations with the main opposition party issuing a statement to caution him. The opposition New Patriotic Party lashed out at him for “deliberately and unruly casting unjustified insinuations and insults” on former rulers of the country, especially Ex-President John Agyekum Kufuor. Expressing their resentment at the "constant insults and attacks" on the personality of Mr. Kufour, the NPP Chair sought to remind Ex-President Rawlings of his duty as a Statesman. He said; “we find it highly unbecoming, mischievous and provocative that Mr. Rawlings, a former military leader, later head of state, who should naturally be wearing the shoes of statesmanship….Mr Rawlings behaves and talks like an angel and a judge of humanity when his 19year rule was inundated with atrocities and unbeatably dark days in the history of our country. Also, addressing the issue on Oman FM's political analysis programme “National Agenda”, the former Member of Parliament for Asokwa, Hon. Maxwell Kofi Jumah, called on the nation not to pay any attention to the comments made by the former President. According to him, it is prudent for Ghanaians to ignore his (Mr. Rawlings) remarks and treat it with disdain. Expounding further, he was of a strong view that such comments do not carry value and so, do not deserve to be broached as a matter of issue. He however admonished Mr. Rawlings to behave as a Statesman and imitate the character of a 'unifier'. “Next time, when a Secondary School invites him; he shouldn’t go. He should rather send Kofi Adams (his Spokesperson). He should remain in his room,” Hon. Kofi Jumah opined.

Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com