News:
October 25, 2011
The Member of Parliament for Tain, Ahmed Ibrahim has noted that the opposition New Patriotic Party is taking advantage of the friction between former President Rawlings and his party, the ruling National Democratic Congress to win him over.
Former President Rawlings at a public lecture last Friday at the University of Ghana, lashed out at the Mills-led administration for what he termed their insensitivity towards him and credited the opposition party for coming to his defense.
But speaking on Adom TV’s BADWAM show on Multi TV, the Tain MP described the former President’s comment as unnecessary adding that it only served as an indication that Mr. Rawlings was beginning to sympathise with the NPP.
Mr. Ibrahim described as a mere political gimmick, the NPP’s hailing of Mr. Rawlings’ criticism of the Mills administration which he said was aimed at helping them win power in 2012.
“If you critically analyse the ex President’s speech over the weekend, you will know that he is gradually tilting towards the NPP. Rawlings has all of a sudden become a saint to the NPP and they are tenderly nursing him. They are no longer accusing him of the 1987 atrocities” Mr. Ibrahim noted.
He drew a comparison between the two former presidents, Mr. Rawlings and Mr. Kuffuor, and concluded that Mr. Rawlings was becoming unpopular with his recent utterances.
But the Fanteakwa MP, Amankwaah Asiamah who was also on the show disagreed with his parliamentary colleague.
According to him, the issues raised by Mr. Rawlings at his public lecture last Friday were valid.
“Doctors strike, insults on media platforms, insensitivity to the plight of the ordinary Ghanaian, hardships and poverty and several other pertinent issues have become an unnecessary evil befalling the nation. Rawlings’ criticisms are true, and that is why the NPP is fully supporting him, it has nothing to do with politics. Ghanaians are suffering, and that is a fact” he noted.
He argued that the former President’s statement should not be taken for granted and called on the NDC to sit up and stop blaming Mr. Rawlings for their shortfalls.
“Rawlings as someone who has ruled this country for 19years is a statesman whose analyses cannot be overlooked” he said adding that “because he is angry over the bad deeds of the current administration and is criticising them, he has been branded as a ‘monster’ seeking the downfall of Mills and his government, which is unfair” he concluded.
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