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Rawlings is getting out of hand, says
Pratt
Audrey Micah, Ghanadot
Accra, Aug 25, Ghanadot - The
Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr,
has expressed his disappointment to former president
Rawlings for his constant criticisms of President John Evans
Atta Mills' leadership style.
According to him, the Ex-President, “is completely getting
out of hand with his unwarranted verbal abuse on Prez Mills
and needs to be advised by his close confidants.”
Ex-President Rawlings is reported to have told a meeting of
the United Cadres Front (UCF), a youth wing of the NDC in
Kumasi at the weekend, that “there is disillusion among the
people due to the governing style of President Mills which
lacks a revolutionary spirit.”
“Is he calling for the same revolutionary zeal that
prevailed in ’79 and ’82? If that is what he is asking for
then who will vote for the NDC? I tell you, no-one will vote
for the NDC again. The NDC shall always be last.
“Again, Rawlings said, that Prez Mills is slow in arresting
and prosecuting former gov’t officials in the NPP
Administration. But is that how citizens are arrested? That
you are not charged with any offence, not tried by the
courts and yet imprisoned? Then, let me say, that I know
Prez Mills too well that he will not go in for that
revolutionary governing style,” he quipped.
The Managing Editor, also faulted the ex-president for
allegedly saying he is allowing the sitting President some
time but that he might run out of tolerance.
“If he runs out of patience, what can he do, will he attempt
a coup d’état or will he fight Ghanaians? He should give us
a break. The time has come for us to let him know that Ghana
belongs to all of us and we won’t allow this kind of
narcissism anymore … If you don’t share the same opinion or
agree with someone, why, that is okay, Does that call for
issuing threats?” he inquired.
He recounted several instances where he felt the former
president over-stepped the boundary of proprietary, most
especially, when he allegedly denigrated Ghana’s first
President, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah's contribution in the
attainment of independence as “flag and anthem
independence”.
“Who does he think he is and what kind of person is he
though? Even 90% of those he planned the 1981 coup with,
have not been spared his vituperations. He has insulted
Tsikata, he doesn’t like the Ahwoi’s, he doesn’t like Totobi
Quakyi, P.V. Obeng and others, why…what does he want from
us?” he asked.
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