My Wife Won’t Back Down For Anything – JJ Tells NDC MPs

The leadership of the Majority side in Parliament have failed in their effort to get the NDC Founder and Former President Jerry John Rawlings, to stop his wife, from contesting President John Evans Atta Mills, reports reaching Citi News indicates.

A source familiar with the mission described it as “a total failure.”

Citi News sources in Parliament say the leaders paid a courtesy call on Mr. Rawlings on Wednesday June 1, a day after his wife, former First Lady Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings had submitted her forms to contest in the NDC presidential primaries slated for July 8-10 in Sunyani.

It is not clear what prompted the move by the parliamentary leadership but it appears they were hit by Mrs. Rawlings’ submission of nomination forms which reinforced her determination to go through with her stated aim of contesting.

A member of the delegation, who hinted Citi FM’s Parliamentary Correspondent Richard Sky of the visit, said they were there to push for Nana Konadu’s withdrawal from the race in the larger interest of the party.

According to him, Mr. Rawlings told them that his wife’s decision was based on principles and that she could not give it up for anything.

He is said to have spoken zealously about his commitment to support his wife, insisting that Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings was poised to win the contest and lead the NDC to victory in the 2012 general elections.

Some members of the delegation who have pleaded anonymity told Citi News the Former President burst into anger when he learned the reason for their visit, hurled a few unprintable insults at them and ended the meeting abruptly.