{"id":464650,"date":"2018-02-15T17:29:54","date_gmt":"2018-02-15T17:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/15\/rawlings-not-a-good-referee-for-martin-amidu-cpp-man\/"},"modified":"2018-02-15T17:29:54","modified_gmt":"2018-02-15T17:29:54","slug":"rawlings-not-a-good-referee-for-martin-amidu-cpp-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/15\/rawlings-not-a-good-referee-for-martin-amidu-cpp-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Rawlings not a good referee for Martin Amidu &#8211; CPP man"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Thursday, 15 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>mynewsgh.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-15<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/96193132.295.jpg\" alt=\"Rawlings Smile18\" title=\"Rawlings Smile18\" width=\"295\" height=\"196\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Former President John Rawlings<\/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\/2018\/02\/1518715794_521_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Ashanti regional Communications Director for the Convention People\u2019s Party (CPP), Osei Kofi Acquah is shocked President Akufo-Addo\u2019s nominee for Special Prosecutor, Martin A. B.K Amidu settled on former President Jerry John Rawlings as his referee.<\/p>\n<p>He disclosed that the former President is a bad example and therefore saw no need for Mr Amidu to have relied on such a person as his referee considering the havoc he wreaked the economy of Ghana under his tenure.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, it was under the rule of Rawlings that most state factories were sold to private individuals yet Mr Amidu sees such a person as having contributed significantly in ending corruption.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dI\u2019m shocked the special prosecutor nominee chose former President Rawlings as one of his referees when he needed people to referee him\u201d Osei Kofi Acquah on told Kwame Kwame Adinkrah on Kumasi-based Abusua Fm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dHow can you choose someone who sold factories in the country during the PNDC era as your referee as someone who has been appointed to fight against corruption in the country\u201d. He quizzed.<\/p>\n<p>Martin Amidu on Tuesday told the Appointments Committee of Parliament that he listed former President of Ghana, Jerry John Rawlings, founder of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) as his Referee on his Curriculum Vitae because the former President brought him into politics and mentored him.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to questions from members of the Appointments Committee, Martin Amidu said \u201cRawlings brought me into politics\u2026 It was Rawlings who fought to reduced corruption drastically in this country. He fought corruption and he brought me into politics for the first time\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRawlings is the one who brought me into politics and if anyone would know me better, then it must be him\u2026despite what anybody says about him, he reduced corruption to the barest minimum.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr Amidu also expressed his profound happiness and appreciation to the former President for issuing a public statement in support of his (Martin Amidu\u2019s) nomination as Special Prosecutor.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/players\/1Brdajsv-GtVgZhNx.html\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowfullscreen=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 32 updated by: -1 --><\/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 Thursday, 15 February 2018 Source: mynewsgh.com 2018-02-15 play videoFormer President John Rawlings Ashanti regional Communications Director for the Convention People\u2019s Party (CPP), Osei Kofi Acquah is shocked President Akufo-Addo\u2019s nominee for Special Prosecutor, Martin A. B.K Amidu settled on former President Jerry John Rawlings as his referee. 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