{"id":274258,"date":"2011-01-17T06:59:35","date_gmt":"2011-01-17T06:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=48037"},"modified":"2011-01-17T06:59:35","modified_gmt":"2011-01-17T06:59:35","slug":"mpiani-replies-rawlings-allow-yourself-to-be-respected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/17\/mpiani-replies-rawlings-allow-yourself-to-be-respected\/","title":{"rendered":"Mpiani Replies Rawlings: Allow Yourself To Be Respected"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_48038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48038\" style=\"width: 230px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-48038\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/01\/17\/mpiani-replies-rawlings-allow-yourself-to-be-respected\/mpiani_brobbey\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-48038\" title=\"mpiani_brobbey\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/mpiani_brobbey.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"176\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-48038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mpiani (left)<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nObviously distraught by former President, Jerry John Rawlings\u2019 vituperations spewed during the recent anniversary held in commemoration of the December 31, 1981 coup d\u2019eatat, former Chief of Staff in the erstwhile New Patriotic Party (NPP), administration, Mr. Kwadwo Mpiani, has called on the latter to allow himself to be respected by Ghanaians.<br \/>\nMr. Mpiani told the Crusading Guide newspaper in a telephone interview yesterday that, \u201cNo matter what, he is the former president of this country and he needs to be accorded the needed respect he deserves, but by his conduct I only hope and pray that Rawlings will allow himself to be respected by Ghanaians.\u201d<br \/>\nThe NPP guru averred that since 1979, former president Rawlings had said nothing new about his stand on others &#8211; that with the exception of himself, any other person is a thief, corrupt and should not be allowed to live.<br \/>\n\u201cRawlings has said nothing new since he came to power in 1979. Everybody is a thief except himself, and sometimes I wonder why such a person should be allowed to always talk the way he does,\u201d wondered the former Chief of Staff.<br \/>\nOn Rawlings\u2019 naked allegation that former President Kufuor was out there to destroy the army, Kwadwo Mpiani contended that if there was anybody to testify on which government destroyed the army, it would be the army itself, therefore anybody who cared should contact the army for them to testify to this fact.<br \/>\n\u201cAs far as I remember,\u201d Mpiani revealed, \u201cIt was during Kufuor\u2019s time that the salaries of the soldiers in the army were increased; their allowances for Peace Keeping were also increased, so what is he talking about? As I said earlier, I only hope and pray that he will allow himself to be respected.\u201d<br \/>\nFormer president Rawlings was On Deecember 31st at his notable best venting invectives at the erstwhile NPP government and his own party that the NDC has a slim chance of retaining power in the 2012 elections as a result of the slow pace of President Atta Mills in his art of governance.<br \/>\nMr. Rawlings intimated that the extent to which corruption had become endemic was alarming as a result of the incumbent government&#8217;s unwillingness to deal with corrupt past government officials in the Kufuor administration.<br \/>\nMr. Rawlings further described President Mills as a leader unaware of activities in his own government, citing for instance that, the Chairman of the Council of State, Professor Kofi Awoonor, made an appointment without the President\u2019s knowledge, yet when his attention was drawn to it he only expressed worry.<br \/>\nJerry Rawlings charged Professor Mills to assert his authority and act resolutely to meet the aspirations of Ghanaians, including investigating some \u201chigh profile murder and corruption cases.\u201d<br \/>\nThe NDC, according to former President Rawlings, was created from the conscience of a nation and not from a party, and advised government officials to desist from fighting the NPP with money. \u201cYou think you can take them on money for money? You will lose,\u201d he observed.<br \/>\nSource: New Crusadig Guide<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Obviously distraught by former President, Jerry John Rawlings\u2019 vituperations spewed during the recent anniversary held in commemoration of the December 31, 1981 coup d\u2019eatat, former Chief of Staff in the erstwhile New Patriotic Party (NPP), administration, Mr. Kwadwo Mpiani, has called on the latter to allow himself to be respected by Ghanaians. 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