The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has stated that its demised founder, Jerry John Rawlings cannot be laid to rest until his party recaptures power in the 2020 polls or beyond.
The NDC’s Upper East Regional Secretary, Donatus Akamugri, made the statement Friday when supporters of the party held a vigil in honour of the late former president.
“Rawlings must be buried when we are in power. He will be held if our political party does not come back to power to bury him. If he had wanted to be buried, then he should have been called to eternity before the period of elections. We had three weeks to elections when he died. So, his soul will not rest in peace if we have to bury him when an election is just around. And he was eager to cast his vote for his party. And once he has passed away and the election has not been done, we believe that he wants us to win election and bury him. Left with us, if we don’t win election, Rawlings is supposed to be kept until NDC comes back to power and, then, we will bury him,” he was quoted by Ghanaweb.
He added: “And surely, this election, we will win it because, with the spirit of Rawlings, with the way he has contributed to this country and the people seeing what he has done and even his opponents now calling him an angel, they would do him an honour for his party to come back to power and then bury him. So, we are calling on everybody in this country, including our party members and those who are giving tributes to Rawlings as a good person, to give him the best tribute by making sure that the NDC wins the election and, then, his party will be in power and bury him. That is when he will go to his Maker without any hindrance or hurt in him.”
Source: GhanaFeed.com
