{"id":360475,"date":"2011-04-02T12:59:18","date_gmt":"2011-04-02T12:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/02\/rawlings-cautions-libyans-and-egyptians-against-political-bondage\/"},"modified":"2011-04-02T12:59:18","modified_gmt":"2011-04-02T12:59:18","slug":"rawlings-cautions-libyans-and-egyptians-against-political-bondage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/02\/rawlings-cautions-libyans-and-egyptians-against-political-bondage\/","title":{"rendered":"Rawlings cautions Libyans and Egyptians against political bondage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div>Ghana\u2019s former President, Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings has cautioned countries fighting for political change in the Middle East to guard against exchanging freedom for bondage.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement he issued in Accra at the weekend, ex President Rawlings said: \u201cMy advice or caution to the Libyan people is that, let us hope in your fight for your freedom you will not end up trading one form of freedom for another.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cAmongst the nations coming to your rescue are the genuine believers of freedom, downright opportunists and crass mercenaries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To the Egyptian transitional military government he said, \u201cyou owe it a duty to your people not to betray the revolution. You have a duty and a responsibility to set in motion the quest for accountability, transparency and integrity in governance\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe peaceful revolution as we saw in Egypt must be protected and nurtured until it becomes a shining example of the creative energy of an empowered people,\u201d President Rawlings said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/201ed65bget.media_117-150x90.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Continued here:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Ghana\u2019s former President, Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings has cautioned countries fighting for political change in the Middle East to guard against exchanging freedom for bondage. In a statement he issued in Accra at the weekend, ex President Rawlings said: \u201cMy advice or caution to the Libyan people is that, let us hope in your fight for your freedom you will not end up trading one form of freedom for another.\u201d He said: \u201cAmongst the nations coming to your rescue are the genuine believers of freedom, downright opportunists and crass mercenaries.\u201d To the Egyptian transitional military government he said, \u201cyou owe it a duty to your people not to betray the revolution. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-360475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rawlings cautions Libyans and Egyptians against political bondage - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/02\/rawlings-cautions-libyans-and-egyptians-against-political-bondage\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Rawlings cautions Libyans and Egyptians against political bondage - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Ghana\u2019s former President, Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings has cautioned countries fighting for political change in the Middle East to guard against exchanging freedom for bondage. In a statement he issued in Accra at the weekend, ex President Rawlings said: \u201cMy advice or caution to the Libyan people is that, let us hope in your fight for your freedom you will not end up trading one form of freedom for another.\u201d He said: \u201cAmongst the nations coming to your rescue are the genuine believers of freedom, downright opportunists and crass mercenaries.\u201d To the Egyptian transitional military government he said, \u201cyou owe it a duty to your people not to betray the revolution.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/201ed65bget.media_117-150x90.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/02\/rawlings-cautions-libyans-and-egyptians-against-political-bondage\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/02\/rawlings-cautions-libyans-and-egyptians-against-political-bondage\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Rawlings cautions Libyans and Egyptians against political bondage\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-04-02T12:59:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/02\/rawlings-cautions-libyans-and-egyptians-against-political-bondage\/\"},\"wordCount\":173,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/02\/rawlings-cautions-libyans-and-egyptians-against-political-bondage\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/201ed65bget.media_117-150x90.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/02\/rawlings-cautions-libyans-and-egyptians-against-political-bondage\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/02\/rawlings-cautions-libyans-and-egyptians-against-political-bondage\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/02\/rawlings-cautions-libyans-and-egyptians-against-political-bondage\/\",\"name\":\"Rawlings cautions Libyans and Egyptians against political bondage - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/02\/rawlings-cautions-libyans-and-egyptians-against-political-bondage\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/02\/rawlings-cautions-libyans-and-egyptians-against-political-bondage\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/201ed65bget.media_117-150x90.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-04-02T12:59:18+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/02\/rawlings-cautions-libyans-and-egyptians-against-political-bondage\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/02\/rawlings-cautions-libyans-and-egyptians-against-political-bondage\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/201ed65bget.media_117-150x90.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/201ed65bget.media_117-150x90.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Rawlings cautions Libyans and Egyptians against political bondage - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/02\/rawlings-cautions-libyans-and-egyptians-against-political-bondage\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Rawlings cautions Libyans and Egyptians against political bondage - Ghanamma.com","twitter_description":"Ghana\u2019s former President, Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings has cautioned countries fighting for political change in the Middle East to guard against exchanging freedom for bondage. In a statement he issued in Accra at the weekend, ex President Rawlings said: \u201cMy advice or caution to the Libyan people is that, let us hope in your fight for your freedom you will not end up trading one form of freedom for another.\u201d He said: \u201cAmongst the nations coming to your rescue are the genuine believers of freedom, downright opportunists and crass mercenaries.\u201d To the Egyptian transitional military government he said, \u201cyou owe it a duty to your people not to betray the revolution.","twitter_image":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/201ed65bget.media_117-150x90.jpg","twitter_creator":"@ghanamma","twitter_site":"@ghanamma","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/02\/rawlings-cautions-libyans-and-egyptians-against-political-bondage\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/02\/rawlings-cautions-libyans-and-egyptians-against-political-bondage\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Rawlings cautions Libyans and Egyptians against political bondage","datePublished":"2011-04-02T12:59:18+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/02\/rawlings-cautions-libyans-and-egyptians-against-political-bondage\/"},"wordCount":173,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/02\/rawlings-cautions-libyans-and-egyptians-against-political-bondage\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/201ed65bget.media_117-150x90.jpg","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/02\/rawlings-cautions-libyans-and-egyptians-against-political-bondage\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/02\/rawlings-cautions-libyans-and-egyptians-against-political-bondage\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/02\/rawlings-cautions-libyans-and-egyptians-against-political-bondage\/","name":"Rawlings cautions Libyans and Egyptians against political bondage - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/02\/rawlings-cautions-libyans-and-egyptians-against-political-bondage\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/02\/rawlings-cautions-libyans-and-egyptians-against-political-bondage\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/201ed65bget.media_117-150x90.jpg","datePublished":"2011-04-02T12:59:18+00:00","author":{"@id":""},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/02\/rawlings-cautions-libyans-and-egyptians-against-political-bondage\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/02\/rawlings-cautions-libyans-and-egyptians-against-political-bondage\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/201ed65bget.media_117-150x90.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/201ed65bget.media_117-150x90.jpg"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360475\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}