Ghana’s former High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), Victor Emmanuel Smith, has come under attack from members of the pro-National Democratic Congress (NDC) pressure group, Action Movement.
The group has criticized Mr. Smith for allegedly accusing the NDC’s founder, Jerry John Rawlings, of partly causing the party’s humiliating defeat in the 2016 general elections.
It would be recalled that the former High Commissioner, in an interview with Okay Fm recently, accused his former boss of not considering the interests of the party, adding that the leader did things, which affected the party’s chances in the 2016 general elections.
But the group, at a press conference on Wednesday in Accra, wondered how a character like Victor Smith, who was rejected by constituents in the Abuakwa North constituency in the 2016 parliamentary election, could attack the person of former President Rawlings.
“Victor Smith should stop the shameful and disgraceful life he is leading; Victor cannot even redeem his constituency due to his arrogance and life full of dishonesty. Victor, because of your crocked ways the NDC failed to make progress in Abuakwa North Constituency,” the group said.
Leader of Action Movement, Kodzo Hamenya, in an address on behalf of the group, said Ambassador Victor Smith’s was seeking undeserved attention.
“Victor Smith should stop this nonsense; he’s just seeking attention. The founder is a serious minded personality; he does not have time for attention seekers,” he said.
According to the group, such conduct should not be entertained by all well-meaning members of the NDC and that it should be treated with the contempt it deserves.
Causes
Instead, the group said the party’s defeat was due to the actions and inactions of serving executives of the party, some of which reportedly bordered on corruption, neglect of the party’s grassroots and gross disrespect for party’s structures and hierarchy.In the view of the group, the reasons for the NDC’s defeat in 2016 were numerous and that former President Rawlings had no role to play in that regard.
“It is amazing how ineffective our national executives were in the 2016 election, whilst the NPP won the election without a National Chairman and with an acting general secretary, our national executives performed woefully and they keep reducing our strength by sacking hardworking executives just because they are speaking the truth,” the group indicated.
Source: Daily Guide
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This guys are day dreaming. Jerry will never have have my attention even if he comes back to support the NDC. President Rawlings always talk about Corruption and greed forgetting that it is the same greed which is making him have problem with everybody on earth. The NDC should make it a decree that they will ignore what ever president Rawlings will do or say and rather be focus. To those presidential hopefuls who are hiding behind Papa Jerry with the hope that they will ride on the shoulder of president Rawlings to lead the NDC should wake up if they are sleeping.To those boys, my only advice to them is that they should utilize the money they have gone to collect wisely because very soon reality will catch up with them.
Spineless f0ols who can't stand on their own lean on Rawlings the thi.ef.
unfortunately this guy talking doesn't know that the silent majority of NDC members are on the side of Victor. the truth is many NDC folks see their founder as a traitor. JJ and Konadu's treachery are clear for everyone to see. NDC people saw their founder use all the tricks in the books to undermine his own party the NDC. Mr Guy talking, your dear founder JJ vouched for the incorruptibility of Nana Addo as against Mahama at the time of the elections, this is pure and clear treachery.
This Hamanya guy is sick. Assuming the Rawlings's provide your 3 daily meals, that should not prevent you from saying the truth. The tacit endorsement of Akuffo-Addo by Rawlings that he wasn't corrupt, what is it? Was it a plus or minus to our campaign? Has Akuffo-Addo once insulted Rawlings to go and pay his Yorker Gari debt? What is it that has changed for this new friendship between Akuffo Addo and Rawlings;is it kimathi/Dokua?
THESE RAWLINGS FANATICS REFUSE TO SEE THAT THEIR "JUNIOR JESUS" IS NOT WHAT HE USED TO BE IN THE DECADENT 80s. HE'S BEEN OVERTAKEN BY EVENTS AND CONDITIONS. HIS INVINCIBILITY HAS BEEN DENTED BY HIS OWN DEAR WIFEY!!LET VICTOR BE AND CHUCK OFF!!