The Director of the Centre for European Studies of the University of Ghana, Professor Ransford Gyampo has advised the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to find ways of courting their founder and former president Jerry John Rawlings back into their fold.
According to the outspoken professor, Rawlings seem to be in bed more with President Akuffo-Addo and the ruling NPP government than the NDC.
Speaking on Okay FM’s ‘Ade Akye Abia’ Morning Show, Prof Gyampo stated that ever since the NPP won power, most of Jerry Rawlings’ comments seem to favour the Akufo-Addo led administration much to the detriment of the opposition NDC.
“If I compare his relationship with the current Akufo-Addo government to the J.A Kufour’s era where he used to heavily criticised the government, there is a vast difference because he does not speak against Akufo-Addo government and it could well be that President Akufo-Addo is being a master politician . . . a master politician is one who is able to bring his political opponents closer to him.”
Prof Gyampo asserted that “when you are given power, you have the right to ignore the opposition and you have the right to also work with the opposition such that they would not worry you. One of the things that J.A Kuffour used to do in his era is that even people within his party that he knew were his key competitors, he appointed them because he knew that if he did not do that they would worry him. It is just that he could not do that with Rawlings”.
He, however, warned the NDC to ensure that they either court Rawlings to their fold or not provoke him into speaking against the NDC if they are looking for power in the upcoming elections.
Source: GhanaFeed.Com
