The Founder of National Democratic Congress (NDC), Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings, has criticised ex-President John Mahama for lacking the commitment to fight corruption when he was in office.
According to him, then President Mahama did not do anything meaningful regarding the fight against corruption.
Without mincing words, former President Rawlings said, “Mr. Mahama tactically refused to prosecute ministers of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government for his own good.”
Speaking during the official opening of this year’s annual National Cadres Conference at Ejisu in the Ashanti Region last Saturday, Mr. Rawlings said the corruption canker would have been defeated by now had Mr. Mahama acted appropriately.
He claimed then NPP administration led by President Kufuor maltreated them (NDC members) whilst in opposition but they lived to wrest power from them (NPP) in 2008.
He said Mr. Mahama had all the opportunity to prosecute the corrupt ministers in the erstwhile Kufuor administration but he strategically failed to do so.
Mr. Rawlings said Mr. Mahama refused to punish the corrupt past government officials because he was scared that he and his appointees would also suffer similar fate after exiting power.
“After winning power, the Mills/Mahama government did not listen to my admonishment to prosecute corrupt officials in the Kufuor administration even though there was a proof,” he claimed.
“I pressurized them to crack the whip on the corrupt officials but they refused. Mills would always say he was chosen by God just to rebut my advice to crack the whip. Then it came to Mahama who also left it like that so that he too could go and take refuge there when he had exhausted his time in political office,” he added.
The NDC founder argued strongly that corruption in government would have been nipped in the bud now had Mr. Mahama taken a bold decision to prosecute NPP appointees.
Mr. Rawlings also took a swipe at the current government for not taking the corruption fight seriously; he pointed out that some government appointees ought to be punished.
According to him, some people had clearly flouted the law by indulging in corrupt practices, yet they were roaming about freely because the law was not biting hard enough.
Source: Daily Guide
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BUT RAWLINGS HOW CONTROVERSIAL YOU ARE. YOU ARE SAYING NDC WILL LOOSE 2020 ELECTIONS. ARE YOU GOD OR YOU ARE ONLY PREDICTING. DO YOU WANT TO SAY YOU HAVE NOT HEAD OR THE BOST SCANDAL, VISA SCANDAL, MARITIME SCANDAL, THE DEEP SEA OIL NEGOTIATION SCANDAL, THE GFA SCANDAL, THE CAR TOWING SCANDAL, THE AMERINE RENETIATION CHAOS, THE CSE BROUHAHA. ARE YOU SAYING THEY ARE ALL GOOD FOR THE NATION. THE PRESIDENT GOT ALL OF THE CLEARED. IN FACT IF YOU CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE NDC WITH THE CADRES, YOU WILL FAIL. THE CADRES SHOULD KNOW THAT YOU ARE A SELFISH LEADER. HOW MANY PEOPLE HAS NANA ADDO PROSECUTED. YETI SIKA SO ENSO KOM DI YEN. BE REMINDED. UTILITY INCREASED, TALK TIME INCREASED, TRANSPORT FARES INCREASED. WAOO
You falsely accused Felix Quakyi during the. Heat of the 2016 elections that he carried $3 usd cash to purchase a house knowing very well that it was a calculated attempt to smear your own party black. What I think Rawlings is doing now is trying to prepare the very cadres he had neglected not to campaign for NDC in 2020
Mr rawlings please did you fight corruption when you were de president of dis country please Mr rawlings did you take 5million dollars from ur friend in Nigeria or u did not wen dat question was asked in ur hot days u said it was not true but u admitted recently dat u took 2 million dollars who is a ***barred word*** more Dan you Mr rawlings please ur time is past and I beg u let de people who are knowledgeable in issues in fighting corruption speak not you because you are de most corrupt individual ghana has ever got as president please go to bed wai
EOCO invited to investigate SADA for causing ¢43m financial loss This problem were not solved,Mr Rawlings is just telling as the real truth but what do we say rather??
Is true , Gyeda ,Sada,Rlg ,bus branding ,SNITT,COCOA BORD OPUNI , FORMER MASLOC SAGA ,WAYOMI ,MONEY TO WORLD CUP,NEC SAGA , AND MANY MORE ? DID MAHAMA JAIL THEM ? LET PAPA J SPEAK THE TRUTH 1!!
Mr Rawlings, are you sure you are not walking contradiction? You claim mahama didn't fight corruption by prosecuting old officials of kuffour's administration. Granted you are speaking the truth, today your best friend has been in power for three years, by the same standard why don't you ask your best friend to prosecute them. No wonder some time ago, there was rumours that you wire was touched and you were climbing trees.
this man has simply lost it...his credibility is at its lowest ebb....shame on you..no one takes you serious
I disagree with you here president Rawlings, ndc led by lawyer David Annan sent 15 cases with no evidence to court and lost all were you in Ghana when Fiifi Kwettey was asked to prove his corruption charges against President Kuffuor when he said it was a political talk? Mr Rawlings please I don't want to count you among hypocrites but stop that talk and tell your people of their wrongs and leave npp alone. Is that why Sir Martin Amidu is finding it tough to prosecute because you've been advising him? and you come out with different thing? I know Martin Amidu inability to perform is due to your advise not for him to prosecute the ndc appointees who stole from this country so as not to create more disaffection for the ndc to collapse! everyone knows Martin Amidu to be a cadre who listen to you more than anyone else in Ghana. How come he is dragging his feet on his work when he acted alone as a citizen vigilante to fight for Ghana in the courts but blaming npp appointees for his inability not knowing he us being couched by president Rawlings not to do that because Atta Mills and Mahama didn't prosecute them. How can you prosecute with no evidence or he still think Ghana is under the kangaroo regime! didn't Ghanaians view the trial of the Ghana @ 50 officers? what is he talking about ?he is a grown up and should live above hate and bitterness and allow Martin Amidu to work. President Kuffuor doesn't talk to the npp about the ndc when they meet so he Rawlings must emulate that to avoid the wrath of some Ghanaians! Ghana doesnt belong to the ndc for anyone to be accountable to them.Ndc are talking making too much noise because they know Martin Amidu can't prosecute them and they will play by it until Ghanaians become dissatisfied and grow disaffection for the set up of that office. In fact nobody in the ndc is good very evil people! very hypocrites they always pretend but in their hearts of heart very evil. Martin Amidu is a disappointment and it is due to some unseen hands working behind .
Nobody in NDC will respond to Rawlings....He can go ahead and say whatever he likes. NDC is so focused that nothing will distract us.
GHANAIANS THEMSELVES ARE NOT INTERESTED IN ANYONE FIGHTING CORRUPTION BECAUSE THEY (GHANAIANS) FEEL EVERY GHANAIAN IS A BROTHER OR A SISTER. FOR HOW MANY MONTHS NOW HAS THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR BEING IN OFFICE YET NOTHING MEANINGFUL IS YET TO BE SEEN BEING DONE TO FIGHT CORRUPT OFFICIALS. THE PRESIDENT, NANA ADDO IS A CLEARING AGENT WHEN ANY MEMBER OF HIS TEAM IS BEING FINGERRED FOR CORRUPTION. FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS ALIKE ASK THOSE WHO HAVE LEFT OFFICES THE HELD WHAT THEY MADE WHILE IN OFFICE AND THAT THEY WERE ***barred word*** FOR NOT BRINGING ANYTHING BETTER HOME BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT AMASS WEALTH WHEN THEY HAD THWE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO. WE SEE CORRUPTION AS ONE OF GHANA'S NORMS.