{"id":716932,"date":"2019-10-05T10:38:39","date_gmt":"2019-10-05T10:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/10\/05\/im-not-power-drunk-rawlings\/"},"modified":"2019-10-05T10:38:39","modified_gmt":"2019-10-05T10:38:39","slug":"im-not-power-drunk-rawlings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/10\/05\/im-not-power-drunk-rawlings\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m Not Power Drunk – Rawlings"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

\n

Ex-President Jerry John Rawlings<\/strong><\/p>\n

FORMER PRESIDENT Jerry
\nJohn Rawlings has stated emphatically that he is not obsessed with political
\npower as some people perceive him to be.<\/p>\n

For instance, he said it
\nwas never his intention to contest the 1996 presidential election on the ticket
\nof the National Democratic Congress (NDC) but he was forced to do so.<\/p>\n

According to him, it was
\nhis grand plan to step aside after serving as a civilian president from 1992 to
\n1996 for then Speaker of Parliament, Justice D.F. Annan, to lead the NDC to the
\n1996 elections, but his decision was rejected.<\/p>\n

He explained that after
\nhis long stay in political office, it was possible that the NDC and himself would
\nnot continue to enjoy the goodwill from the people, hence his decision to step
\naside.<\/p>\n

Addressing the National
\nCadres Conference at Ejisu last week, the former
\nPresident said the NDC would have been in political office for about 16 years
\nrunning had his decision to step down worked.<\/p>\n

\u201cGoing into the 1996 general
\nelections, I suspected that the people (electorate) would be bored with me and
\nthat would affect the fortunes of the NDC in future elections. In this regard,
\nI suggested that I should step aside during the 1996 elections to allow Justice
\nAnnan rather to be the NDC presidential candidate in the interest of the NDC,\u201d
\nhe claimed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI suggested that strategy
\nbecause I realised that naturally the people would be tired of me but you know
\nblack men; they refused to accept my positive idea. The NDC members did not
\nunderstand my point so they rejected my plan to step aside and insisted that I
\nshould contest the presidency again. Ideally, my idea was that people would
\nbecome bored with me so if I allow Justice Annan to go for eight years then I
\ncan come and finish my last four years,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mr. Rawlings said if he
\nwas power drunk or obsessed with power, there was no way that he would suggest to
\nstep aside for Justice Annan to lead the NDC in 1996.<\/p>\n

The programme was used by the National Cadres to make thorough assessment about their group and the NDC for the 2020 presidential election.<\/p>\n

FROM I.F. Joe Awuah Jnr., Kumasi<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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