The opposition New Patriotic Party has lambasted former President Rawlings over his corruption allegations against former President Kufuor and his erstwhile NPP administration.<\/p>\n
Last Saturday, at the 32 nd \u00a0anniversary of the June 4 uprising, Mr Rawlings accused former President Kufuor of using his 8-year rule to amass wealth, claiming that he had accumulated so much wealth that he could single-handedly bankroll the NPP’s 2012 electioneering campaign.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A statement signed by Nana Akomea, NPP Communications Director, rejected \u201cthe assertions of corruption alluded to President Kufuor and his government by President Rawlings\u201d, a further demanded \u201ccomparative public auditing of both the Kufuor and Rawlings’ governments to assess which grew governance of the nation in terms of social and economic performance.\u201d<\/p>\n
The NPP finds it ridiculous the erroneous impression former President Rawlings continues to create that he is committed to the tenets of probity and accountability, seeing his corruption charge against the NPP as the case of the kettle calling the pot black.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are still legitimate questions for Ex-President Rawlings.\u00a0\u00a0After coming to power in 1982 on the slogan of probity and accountability, the PNDC insulated itself from probity and accountability and imposed a culture of silence on the country. At the end of eleven (11) years of Rawlings’ PNDC, he smuggled indemnity provisions into the 1992 Constitution.\u00a0\u00a0So why is Ex-President Rawlings shouting probity and accountability when he has indemnified himself from same?\u201d the statement queried.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
It added :\u201dAfter becoming civilian President from 1993-2000 President Rawlings presided over systematic corruption resulting in scandals such as the Mabey and Johnson and GHACEM bribery scandals, the exoneration of ministers found culpable by CHRAJ, the Gwarzo USD 5million allegations, the non-transparent sale of state properties to NDC members including his wife (Star Hotel, Nsawam Cannery etc), the USD 600m proceeds from Ashanti Goldfields, fees for his children in expensive schools abroad, the Juliet Cotton USD 22 million scandal and many more.\u201d<\/p>\n
On the claim that the NPP had thwarted all efforts to bring Miss Giselle Yatzi to Ghana to substantiate her corruption allegations against former President Kufuor, the NPP had this to say: \u201cIt is worthy to note that the NDC in the last five years or so have threatened and tried to bring Miss Yatzi down to testify against Ex-President Kufuor to no avail. We ask, what is so difficult about bringing one woman to Ghana over a five year period?\u201d<\/p>\n
On the claim that President Mills has failed to prosecute NPP officials for their alleged corrupt acts, the statement noted that the Mills administration had failed to so because \u201cthe allegations have proven to be wild, reckless and irresponsible.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGhanaians will remember that in the run up to the 2008 election the NDC incessantly accused the NPP of corruption. These accusations included the stealing of Ghana’s gold reserves and the publication of huge personal bank accounts of NPP members. These allegations have proven to be wild, reckless and irresponsible,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n
According to the statement, whilst some NPP officials are in court, it would be very difficult to prove such wild, reckless and irresponsible allegations to secure conviction.<\/p>\n
\u201cPresident Mills gleefully accepted and repeated these allegations in the run up to the\u00a02008 elections. Ex-President Rawlings is therefore surprised about the Mills-Mahama Government’s inability to prosecute after gleefully making these allegations. The chickens have come home to roost for the NDC government,\u201d the statement noted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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