The Monarch of the Asante Kingdom, Otumfuor Osei Tutu II has appealed to the ruling NPP and the opposition NDC to stop fighting over the body of the deceased former President Jerry John Rawlings.
The Asantehene called for a healthy collaboration between all parties involved in the burial process of the late former President in order to give the departed statesman a befitting funeral and burial.
Speaking when the family of Rawlings, led by Victor Gbeho, Dr. Zanetor Rawlings and Kimathi Rawlings, called on him at the Manhyia Palace to officially inform him of Rawlings’s death, Otumfuo eulogized the late president and called for unity.
“There shouldn’t be any confusion in his absence, we should all unite and give him a peaceful and befitting burial and funeral rites that he truly deserves after his significant services for the state,” Otumfuo is quoted by the DailyGuide newspaper.
“I remember after the 2000 elections when he (Rawlings) was supposed to exit the political office. He told me to arrange a meeting between him and Kufuor so that we could all arrange for a peaceful transition of power.
“This was a former military man, who has transformed over the years to love and appreciate the democratic system of government. This laudable action that he took helped to ensure peace and unity in the country at the time.” Otumfuor recounted.
Source: GhanaFeed.Com
