{"id":410918,"date":"2017-08-09T22:46:57","date_gmt":"2017-08-09T22:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/08\/09\/i-congratulated-valerie-sawyer-for-criticising-rawlings-obed-asamoah\/"},"modified":"2017-08-09T22:46:57","modified_gmt":"2017-08-09T22:46:57","slug":"i-congratulated-valerie-sawyer-for-criticising-rawlings-obed-asamoah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/08\/09\/i-congratulated-valerie-sawyer-for-criticising-rawlings-obed-asamoah\/","title":{"rendered":"I congratulated Valerie Sawyer for criticising Rawlings \u2013 Obed Asamoah"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A former National Democratic Congress (NDC) National Chairman says criticisms of former President Jerry John Rawlings and Martin Amidu by Dr Valerie Sawyer is a good way to build a country.<\/p>\n

Dr Obed Asamoah said\u00a0Ghanaians should be given the opportunity to \u201cspeak their minds\u201d on issues irrespective of who is at the centre of those issue.<\/p>\n

He said he had, at some point, been\u00a0critical of\u00a0\u00a0the former President and would welcome anyone who will take on leaders of the country for their\u00a0misdeeds.<\/p>\n

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Former President Jerry John Rawlings<\/b><\/p>\n

Dr Sawyer, a deputy Chief of Staff under former President John Mahama, blamed the NDC\u00a0defeat in the 2016 election to Mr Rawlings and Amidu\u2019s\u00a0outbursts at the John Mahama led\u00a0government.<\/p>\n

In the article widely circulated, the environmental consultant said the NDC founder sees nothing good in anyone but himself.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey say he booms [but] I say he buzzes\u2026like an agitated mosquito\u2026looking for his next victim,\u201d she wrote about Mr Rawlings.<\/p>\n

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Valerie Sawyerr and President John Mahama<\/b><\/p>\n

Dr Sawyer also vented her anger on former Attorney-General, Martin Amidu, saying his \u201cpomposity, over-bloated ego and sense of self-importance\u201d will lead to his downfall.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am not a soothsayer, neither am I a harbinger of gloom and doom\u2026but once again I say to you\u2026this time with a nation full of witnesses\u2026that your Achilles heel will destroy you,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The former A-G has reacted to the statements made against him by Dr Sawyer. He said the former deputy Chief of Staff authored her article as though she was under the influence of alcohol.<\/p>\n

Reacting on the issue, Communication expert, Dr Akofa Segbefia told Emefa Apawu on Joy FM\u2019s Top Story Wednesday, the media banter among NDC stalwarts is needless considering the party has more to do ahead of the 2020 general elections.<\/p>\n

\u201cI personally believe\u00a0in family values and the NDC is considered as a family\u2026so there are ways to deal with the issue,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

But Dr Obed Asamoah said he sent Dr Sawyer a text message, congratulating her for being forthright with Mr Rawlings.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is good for the country\u2026people should speak their mind,\u201d the longest serving A-G under Mr Rawlings said.<\/p>\n

He downplayed the impact of the exchanges among NDC functionaries on the party. \u201cWhy should the division in the party be deepened because someone has spoken her mind?\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr Asamoah said many people in the NDC are not happy with the manner the former President criticizes everything in the party.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody is a crook and he is a saint,\u201d he said of Mr Rawlings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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