{"id":275505,"date":"2011-02-04T14:11:08","date_gmt":"2011-02-04T14:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=50984"},"modified":"2011-02-04T14:11:08","modified_gmt":"2011-02-04T14:11:08","slug":"ill-do-everything-to-ensure-konadu-never-becomes-president-pratt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/04\/ill-do-everything-to-ensure-konadu-never-becomes-president-pratt\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019ll do everything to ensure Konadu never becomes President &#8211; Pratt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_29311\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29311\" style=\"width: 231px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-29311\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2010\/10\/31\/pratt-even-jesus-christ-can%e2%80%99t-perform-wonders-as-president-in-18months\/kwesipratt\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29311\" title=\"kwesipratt\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/kwesipratt.jpg\" alt=\"Kwesi Pratt Jnr\" width=\"231\" height=\"198\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29311\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kwesi Pratt Jnr<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nMr Kwesi Pratt, Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper has vowed to do everything in his power to ensure Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings never becomes president of Ghana.<br \/>\nAdmitting he is just a common journalist and has no power though, Mr Pratt said he is prepared to do anything he can to ensure the former first lady does not become president.<br \/>\nHe was speaking on\u00a0<strong>Peace FM\u2019s Kokrokoo<\/strong> Friday, in reaction to reports suggesting that Mrs Rawlings has formally indicated her interest in contesting President Mills come 2012.<br \/>\nExplaining his position, Kwesi Pratt said he knew Nana Konadu\u2019s past and her way of doing things \u2013 recalling the era of Mrs Rawlings as First Lady and some events that occurred around her, including the famous Selassie Djentuh and the \u2018identification haircut\u2019.<br \/>\n<em>\u201cMasa, y\u03b5mmp\u03b5 s\u03b5 y\u03b5b\u03b5 bre y\u03b5n kuro mu, Ghanafuo bebree w\u0254h\u0254 a w\u0254n abr\u03b5, nne\u03b5ma a \u0254mo afa mu ne ade\u03b5&#8230;<\/em>, to wit: We don\u2019t want to bring back old memories because Ghanaians want to forget what they&#8217;ve been through.<br \/>\n\u201c<em>S\u03b5 y\u03b5b\u03b5tena Ghana ha paa ma Obaa Konadu ab\u03b5di omanpayin wo ha de\u03b5a, adabraka, \u03b5nnsi<\/em>.\u201d [We will never sit and watch Konadu to become president, it will never happen.]<br \/>\nAgain, Kwesi Pratt said he was threatened by thugs working for the former first lady because he criticised her and questioned whether Konadu was going to rule by the mob and employ such old tricks of threats and intimidation when she is given the nod to rule Ghanaians.<br \/>\nPratt wondered if she wants to be president with that character, questioning if anyone in the land will have peace and comfort.<br \/>\nKwesi Pratt further explained that he believes Konadu\u2019s quest to ascend to the presidency is not based on claims that Mills is underperforming. This, according to him, is because ex-president Rawlings started his harsh criticisms of the president barely two months into his administration.<br \/>\nHe reminded Nana Konadu that even if she wins the flagbearership position of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) \u2013 a situation Pratt views as very unlikely to happen \u2013 she would have to depend on the achievements of the Mills-Mahama administration to succeed.<br \/>\nHe added that Konadu, by her quest for power, is courting disaster which is neither in her own interest nor that of the party and urged all who love the former first lady to give her a sound advice since she is going to be disgraced should she carry on with her desire.<br \/>\nShe won\u2019t even get 10 per cent, he assured, adding that Konadu\u2019s quest for power \u201c\u2026 is based on an empty ambition.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cIt has no relevance to our development, no relevance to anything\u2026\u201d Pratt insisted.<br \/>\nOn ex-president Rawlings and his incessant criticism of the Mills-administration, Mr Pratt said \u201cMost of it is not true, most of it is not worth considering, whether it\u2019s about NPP, whether it\u2019s about NDC.\u201d<br \/>\nHe also took a swipe at the members of the NDC; especially the leadership who he said are being hypocritical in handling issues concerning the Rawlingses.<br \/>\nKwesi Pratt said the Daily Guide story about Mrs Rawlings\u2019 declaration to contest the NDC&#8217;s flag-bearership was true yet the party was denying it. \u201cIn fact the meeting took place at Madina- Social Welfare\u2026they know for a fact\u201d that she informed the Council of Elders she was going to contest.<br \/>\n\u201cWhat is this, what is this kind of life? Politics which is not based on principle. Politics which is not based on truth. \u201cI\u2019m getting fed up with this,\u201d he added.<br \/>\nStory by Dorcas Efe Mensah<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mr Kwesi Pratt, Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper has vowed to do everything in his power to ensure Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings never becomes president of Ghana. 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