Labelling Ex-President Rawlings as a man who has “outlived his relevance”, Atik Mohammed speaking on Oman FM rubbished the essence of the June 4, 1979 ‘revolution’.
Former President Jerry Rawlings, addressing a forum to commemorate the 34th anniversary of the June 4 upheaval on Monday, slammed both his successors; former Presidents J.A Kufour and the late J.E.A Mills for reversing the gains of the revolution.
”…Ghana appears to have been moving towards an irreversible situation down a tunnel, thanks to Presidents Mills and Kufuor”, he said, adding: “President Mahama has the responsibility to pull this country out of that tunnel. How well, how far and how soon John IV can achieve that is hard to say."
He also cautioned the ruling NDC to be wary of some characters within the party or may risk losing the 2016 elections.
“If we do not clean up our party, helping the Executive will be truly difficult and retaining power in 2016 will be very difficult”, he warned.
Nonetheless, the PPP stalwart questioned the innocence of the Ex-President Rawlings and moral justification of him to vent his spleen on his successors.
He sought to find out why he (Rawlings) indemnified himself against prosecution by introducing some clauses in the country’s constitution if he so deems himself different.
“Why did you put transitional clauses in the constitution? Clauses that are protecting you against prosecution. If you know what you did is something to be celebrated, why did you introduce those clauses; indemnity clauses? Then, let’s remove it and see whether your coup d’etats are worth celebrating in this country,” he asked.
He admonished Ghanaians to wake up from the “dirty past” inflicted upon them by former President Rawlings.
According to him, there should be a legislation to ban the celebration since it leaves a bad precedent for the country, stressing that “June 4th is no longer relevant…It’s for history. It’s for us to go and read in books.”
Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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