{"id":411064,"date":"2017-08-10T08:56:57","date_gmt":"2017-08-10T08:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/08\/10\/rawlings-not-founder-of-ndc-obed-asamoah\/"},"modified":"2017-08-10T08:56:57","modified_gmt":"2017-08-10T08:56:57","slug":"rawlings-not-founder-of-ndc-obed-asamoah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/08\/10\/rawlings-not-founder-of-ndc-obed-asamoah\/","title":{"rendered":"Rawlings not founder of NDC- Obed Asamoah"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A former Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Dr. Obed Asamoah, has said former President Jerry John Rawlings is not the Founder of the party.<\/p>\n

According to him at the time of filing for the registration of the NDC, the ex-President was still in the Ghana Armed Forces and could not have represented any district as a founding father.<\/p>\n

Dr Obed Asamoah said this during an exclusive interview with Joy News\u2019 Emefa Apawu.<\/p>\n

He explains that after the party was set up a clause was fixed in the Constitution of the party to recognise his contribution to the ideals upon which the party was founded.<\/p>\n

\u201cI dealt with the application of the NDC to the Electoral Commission for registration. The law at the time, and still the law is the same, is that you must have founders from the different districts\u2026 to sign the papers.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can show you the duplicate of the papers. They are here right now because I dealt with that whole process, and President Rawlings\u2019 name is not on that list,\u201d said the respected lawyer.<\/p>\n

There has been a raging argument within the ranks of the NDC over Rawlings\u2019 status as Founder following his criticism of every other President save himself and his government from 1992 to 2000.<\/p>\n

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But he has hit hardest at the two former Presidents under the NDC administration \u2014 John Mahama and John Atta Mills \u2014 and their officials as being corrupt and failing to live by the ideals of the party.<\/p>\n

While some see this as characteristic\u00a0of the former revolution leader\u2019s love for probity and accountability, other\u2019s see it as a deliberate effort to destroy the party he is losing his grips of influence on.<\/p>\n

Dr Obed Asamoah also revealed he congratulated\u00a0Dr\u00a0Valerie Sawyer for her\u00a0fiery criticism of ex-president John Rawlings.<\/p>\n

Dr\u00a0Obed Asamoah insists such criticisms are needed to build a better country.<\/p>\n

According to him, Ghanaians should be given the opportunity to \u201cspeak their minds\u201d on issues irrespective of who is at the\u00a0centre\u00a0of those issues.<\/p>\n

He said he had, at some point, been\u00a0critical\u00a0of the\u00a0former President and would welcome anyone who will take on leaders of the country for their\u00a0misdeeds.<\/p>\n

Watch more from the interview in the video below.<\/b><\/p>\n