Former President Jerry John Rawlings has expressed concern about the choice of words used by President Akufo-Addo on the military agreement with the US, noting that the words were “hard”.
In his attempt to settle the controversies surrounding Ghana’s defence agreement with the United States of America, which was ratified by Parliament on March 23, President Akufo-Addo used words such as cynical, reckless, self-seekers and unspeakable hypocrisy to sort of shut up critics.
A cross section of Ghanaians, largely opposition National Democratic Congress, have condemned the strong words used by the president.
Some felt his choice of words took the shine out of rather precarious situation that deserve serious attention and concise response to allay the fears of rumoured military base embedded in the agreement.
The strong words were not lost on former President Rawlings who wants cool heads to prevail in the agreement.
“Though the President’s address was hard, it was important and timely to hear him and the American Ambassador (earlier) affirm that there would be no military base established in Ghana,” Mr. Rawlings commented in a tweeter post.
The former military leader of Ghana added, “That was my major concern in my initial reaction to news of the agreement. The spirit of cooperation, be it military or diplomatic has always been there.
“If there are details of the agreement that warrant a second look, such details should be examined to create comfort for all sides. ”
Source: 3news
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You are an ignoramus. You don't know anything about American soldiers so keep quiet. If Ghanaians soldiers beat women, let me tell you American soldiers rape women and kill them. Go to Japan and see what they are doing there.
YOU, RAWLINGS, YOU ARE THE REAL REASON WHY RABBLES AND MISFITS IN SOCIETY HAVE FOUND VOICES TO TALK IN THIS COUNTRY!!! IT IS YOUR ILL-ADVISED 'WE NO SIT DOWN'WHICH HAS BROUGH INDISCIPLINED AND BADLY-BROUGHT-UP LAYABOUTS INTO OUR BODY POLITIC!!! IT IS YOUR POLITICAL OPPORTUNISM WHICH HAS FUELLED THE CHARACTER TRAITS OF THE PARTY YOU CREATED TO HANG ON TO POWER!!! IT IS YOUR BRAZEN AND CONTEMPTUOUS INSINCERITY THAT PUSHED YOU AND YOUR COHORTS TO INSERT TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS INTO OUR CONSTITUTION AND WHICH HAS ALLOWED SWINES AND ***barred word*** LIKE MAHAMA TO INSULT OUR INTELLIGENCE ANYTIME HE GOES ON HIS PARTY WALKS!!!! IT SI YOU RAWLINGS WHO HAS BRED THE CULTURE OF INDISCIP[LINE INTO THIS NATION WHERE CHILDREN AND NITWITS AND BAAASTARDS INSULT PRESIDENTS AND SAY ANYTHING TO SCORE CHEAP POLITICAL POINTS!!! IT IS YOU RAWLINGS WHO POPULARIZED HARD AND ***barred word*** LANGUAGE IN OUR BODY POLITICS. ANYBODY YOU DIDNT LIKE WAS AT THE BUTT OF YOUR UNPROVEN ACCUSATIONS AND VITRIOLITIC LANGUAGE!!! DO YOU THINK YOU HAVE THE MORAL COURAGE TO CRITICIZE THE LANGUAGE USED BY THE PRESIDENT TO ADDRESS YOUR ARDENT FOLLOWERS WHO HAVE SWORN TO USE THE STREETS TO PROSECUTE THEIR NATION-WRECKING AGENDA???? ARE YOU AWARE THAT HYPOCRISY IS WHAT YOU INTRODUCED INTO OUR BODY POLITIC, USING COERCION AND THE BARREL OF THE GUN TO PROSECUTE YOUR NEFARIOUS AGENDA OF VENDETTA AGAINST THE WELL-TO-DO IN SOCIETY? AND ARE YOU AWRE THAT YOU CREATED THE CULTURE OF GETTING INTO POLITICS FOR ENORMOUS GAIN??? TELL GAHANAIANS WHERE YOU GAINED YOUR WEALTH FROM; SINCE EVERYBODY WHO KNOWS YOU CAN ONLY ATTEST THAT YOU WERE A WORTHLESS NOBODY AND HAD NOTHING BEFORE YOU SEIZED POWER AND IMPOSED YOUR WILL OVER DOCILE GHANAIANS WHO WERE COWERED BY YOUR PENCHANT FOR VIOLENCE AND BLACKMAIL!!!! RAWLINGS, THINK BEFORE YOU OPEN YOUR MOUTH; THINK VERY CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU CRITICIZE BECAUSE YOU CAN EASILY BE CLASSIFIED AS THE KETTLE WHO CALLS THE POT BLACK!!! YOU HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN SO FADE AWAY AND BE DECENT AND NEVER ENGAGE IN ANY INTELLECTUAL DISCOURSE, BECAUSE YOU LACK THE BRAINS TO DO SO. AND YOU LACK THE MORALITY TO CRITICIZE, ADVISE OR ADMONISH!!!
SINCE JJ BEGAN THE GHANA US PACT HE SHOULD HAVE SPOKEN LONG BEFORE NOW.HIS SILENCE MISLEAD NDC TO MAKE UNNECESSARYYY NOISEEE ABOUT THE WHOLE MATTER UNLESS THEY HAD JUST WANTED TO BE MISCHIEVOUSSSS.
papa j you know your people. they are greedi and they are bstards. they deserve harsh words.it is not the country they love so much oo. they just wish to come back and continue the impunity in staeling state funds and defend and support themselves in court
when hypocrisy is encourage, politicians would take us for persons without brains. if the NDC government of Mahama signed a similar agreement, what prevents the new government from enhancing the earlier agreement knowing that the US had come to our aid in time past. regrettably, our soldiers could beat women and children without provocation. one that comes to mind was the beating of a journalist at the independence square. this is a clear indiscipline on the part of the soldiers and training them to become better is always in our interest. At least, they would beat the citizens less and become more focus.
Some good journalist should visit Rawlings and interview him on this deal since he has been a military leader before, please do it for us. Rawlings, kuffour and mahama are all quite on this matter. Meanwhile, they have all led Ghana before. Do they think all the provisions in the agreement are mutually acceptable. They should speak up, since nana addo himself who is the President waste the opportunity to explain to Ghanaians what benefits Ghana derives from the deal but instead chose to insult Ghanaians who oppose the deal. What would they have done different from nana addo.