{"id":411979,"date":"2017-08-16T17:40:45","date_gmt":"2017-08-16T17:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/08\/16\/no-amount-of-insults-will-stop-me-from-talking-victor-smith\/"},"modified":"2017-08-16T17:40:45","modified_gmt":"2017-08-16T17:40:45","slug":"no-amount-of-insults-will-stop-me-from-talking-victor-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/08\/16\/no-amount-of-insults-will-stop-me-from-talking-victor-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"No amount of insults will stop me from talking \u2013 Victor Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ghana\u2019s former High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Victor Smith has said he will not be cowed into submission with the barrage of insults being hurled on him.<\/p>\n

According to him, he is not easily intimidated by people who find his sincere criticisms especially about former President Jerry Rawlings offensive.<\/p>\n

Mr. Smith comments come after the Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Koku Anyidoho described him as a \u201ccoward\u201d and a \u201cuseless\u201d man after he [Victor] said it will be unfair for the party leadership to punish former Attorney General Martin Amidu over his comments deemed derogatory when Mr. Rawlings has done worse.<\/p>\n

In his view, the former President said also be made to face similar sanctions for bring the name of the NDC into disrepute.<\/p>\n

But Koku Anyidoho in a rebuttal said: \u201c\u2026 So Victor Smith, if he is man enough and brave, he can petition the party against Rawlings at the headquarters.<\/p>\n

On Asempa FM\u2019s Ekosii Sen programme Wednesday, victory Smith expressed shock at the conduct of Koku Anyidoho.<\/p>\n

He indicated that, he critic of the national executive is borne out of his desire to them walk the talk to accelerate the growth of the NDC.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the national executives react slowly to issues which can affect the party. If you foresee trouble coming and you don\u2019t react, it will get out of hand so they should accept our criticisms in good faith\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The former Ambassador to the UK said majority of NDC members feel frustrated and let down after the party\u2019s shambolic performance in the 2016 general elections \u201cso why should we not criticize them\u201d.<\/p>\n

Victor Smith warned the party could be plunged into political oblivion if the apathy in the party is not addressed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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