Mr. Jantuah, who was contributing on Citi Fm’s Big Issue programme on Saturday April 9, said having entered the political scene through a coup d’état and ruling for nearly two decades, the Former President ought to find a more credible way of resolving issues with the sitting president.
“He (Rawlings) came in as a coup leader and brought a change. He came for people to understand that he was the right person to rule this country and he ruled this country for 20 years and so far as I’m concerned he has to pack and sit somewhere else”.
Mr. Rawlings has constantly criticized President Mills’ style of governance accusing him of surrounding himself with people who do not have the interest of the NDC at heart.
He has also complained bitterly about what he says is the failure of the Government to prosecute what he says are corrupt officials of the previous administration, although Government has started pursuing several of such cases in the court of law.
Mr. Rawlings reached his peak a fortnight ago, when he allegedly urged executives of the NDC in the Ashanti Region to reject President Mills in 2012. He is also said to have withdrawn his support for President Mills’ bid in 2012.
The party founder’s outbursts are seen to be creating deep cracks in the party. Mr. Kwame Jantuah, who is the Shadow Energy Minister for the CPP, said he could not comprehend why Mr. Rawlings has risen up so vehemently against President Mills who he endorsed not too many years ago. “He (Rawlings) was the same person who brought President Mills into politics; President Mills was minding his own business at the Internal Revenue Service, and then he made him a Vice President and held his hand in the last elections to support him. What has gone wrong, why can’t he sit quietly with President Mills and talk to him? Why does he have to broadcast everything on top of the roofs? What has gone wrong?” Mr. Jantuah wondered.
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