[ 2017-01-27 ]

'I want God to lead the NDC not me' - Rawlings calls for introspection
Former President Jerry John Rawlings has charged
the Volta Regional caucus of the National
Democratic Congress (NDC) in Parliament to
champion the spirit of truth and candour as post
mortem is performed on the December 2016 electoral
loss.

According to the founder of the NDC integrity
factor in the party has suffered.

“It has been ambushed and held hostage. The time
has come to free the truth,” he said when the
Volta Regional caucus of the NDC called on him at
his office on Thursday.

Mr Rawlings called for sincerity in speech,
thought and action as the party sought to identify
the root causes of its electoral loss saying,
“The time to free the truth is now”.

“What our supporters need is candour. If you
want them to stay united, if you want them to be a
little strong, all you can offer them now is
candour. Don’t engage in political talk of the
past,” the former President said.

Responding to commentary that he was gunning to
take over the NDC, President Rawlings said, “ I
wish I could say yes, but I think it sounds better
in my ear to say that I want God to come and lead
us because of the integrity factor. God can be
found in the truth.”

The former President said the misuse of Executive
power by some people had with time led to the
detachment of the party from the people, stating
the intoxicating effects of power had made many
leaders of the party and government impervious to
reality.

“We adopted certain habits which were going to
lead to failure and we were not seeing it. The
mistakes were too obvious,” he stated.

The Member of Parliament for Ho West, Emmanuel
Kwasi Bedzrah who led the delegation thanked the
former President for the audience and indicated
that the purpose of the meeting was to open
channels of communication so they could tap into
his rich experience.

Source - Myjoyonline.com

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