{"id":448842,"date":"2017-12-21T02:41:07","date_gmt":"2017-12-21T02:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/21\/rawlings-must-know-how-to-talk-kufuor\/"},"modified":"2017-12-21T02:41:07","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T02:41:07","slug":"rawlings-must-know-how-to-talk-kufuor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/21\/rawlings-must-know-how-to-talk-kufuor\/","title":{"rendered":"Rawlings must know how to talk \u2013 Kufuor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Wednesday, 20 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Starrfmonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-20<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/17324724.295.jpg\" alt=\"Kufour Star\" title=\"Kufour Star\" width=\"295\" height=\"165\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Former President John Agyekum Kufuor<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1513824067_7_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has lashed out at his predecessor Jerry John Rawlings stating that the former Military dictator must know what to say and accord him some respect.<\/p>\n<p>The National Democratic Congress founder has on several occasions attacked Mr. Kufuor describing him as corrupt.<\/p>\n<p>But speaking on Starr Chat Wednesday evening, former President Kufuor told host Bola Ray that Rawlings\u2019 incessant attacks on him are unfounded.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, Mr. Rawlings must confront him if he has an issue with him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would have preferred being friendly with him but every now and then somehow he will burst out saying unfounded things about me and making me feel awkward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am not worried because I keep a free mind\u2026for the sake of our society naturally I would want the relationship to be quite normal\u2026he was the longest serving Head of State, he should be guided by above all himself, he should know what to say and what not to say.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI keep an open and I wish he keeps the same, if he really feels there is something Kufuor has done, he rather should approach me to find out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Agyekum Kufuor was born on 8 December 1938. He was President of Ghana from 7 January 2001 to 7 January 2009.<\/p>\n<p>His victory over John Evans Atta Mills after the end of Jerry Rawlings\u2019 second term marked the first peaceful democratic transition of power in Ghana since independence in 1957.<\/p>\n<p>He was a minister in Kofi Abrefa Busia\u2019s Progress Party government during Ghana\u2019s Second Republic, and a Popular Front Party opposition frontbencher during the Third Republic.<\/p>\n<p>In the Fourth Republic he stood as the New Patriotic Party\u2019s candidate at the 1996 election, and then led it to victory in 2000 and 2004.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FGhanaHomePage%2Fvideos%2F1741293999281324%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 57 updated by: 57 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Wednesday, 20 December 2017 Source: Starrfmonline.com 2017-12-20 play videoFormer President John Agyekum Kufuor Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has lashed out at his predecessor Jerry John Rawlings stating that the former Military dictator must know what to say and accord him some respect. 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