Baako Pleads With JJ: Advice Mrs. Rawlings To Be A Smart Political Animal…Her Timing Is Wrong

Avowed critic of the Rawlingses and Editor-In-Chief of the New Crusading Guide, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako, is urging ex-president Rawlings to impress upon the spouse on the need to restrain herself from making good her political intent to contest against President Mills in the NDC presidential primaries.

Mr. Baako asserts that should the former First Lady fail to be dissuaded and puts herself up for election she will be humiliated at the party primaries whiles her image will be badly dented both now and in the near future.

Though he admits that Mrs Rawlings will be exercising her democratic rights in the process, Mr. Baako was of the view that the repercussions of her decision to contest “would leave the NDC badly shaken”.

Contributing to a panel discussion on PeaceFM’s flagship programme, the senior journalist did acknowledge that intent to do something does not necessarily mean a declaration of purpose and therefore stated that he will be extremely surprised if Mrs Rawlings does stand.

He pleaded with ex-president Jerry John Rawlings to “test the political pulse of the NDC” and advice his wife to be a “smart political animal”. If this postmortem is conducted, he said, the former first lady would realize that “this is the wrong time” for her to pursue her presidential ambition.

“I’ve said it before and I repeat it. To be honest with you I’ll be very surprised if eventually the intent becomes a declaration, I’ll be very surprised. Because if she is a smart political animal, and the husband also tests the pulse of the NDC party, they will realise this is the wrong time. If she tries this time, she will be humiliated at the party primaries and it will not do any justice to her image both present and future,” he said.