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A political analyst and lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, KNUST, Mr. Kwesi Amakye believes that the NDC founder, Jerry John Rawlings� presence or otherwise at the party�s rally tomorrow will serve as a defining moment for the party. He told Citi News Mr. Rawlings� absence at the rally will mean that the party�s leaders have failed to unite all NDC members ahead of the December elections. This according to Kwesi Amakye could affect the NDC�s electoral fortunes in December. The office of Mr. Rawlings yesterday discounted the party�s claim that he has been officially been invited to the rally and subsequently warned the executives against using his name to pull crowd for their events. The party�s leadership have given indications that the Mr. Rawlings has been officially invited. �There can�t be any good reason for him not attending given the fact that the rally is going to be the first one of this nature; he should be there,� Amakye said. �But if he doesn�t the party will try to do damage control trying to the supporters to come to terms with it but it will not work. It will be a failure on the party�s leadership to patch things with the former family of the party. It will have a toll on the country and the elections.� He said a unity of the party was very essential to Saturday�s rally. Presently, is still unclear whether Mr. Rawlings will honour the invitation to the rally at Jamestown Manche Agbona in Accra.