Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has hit back at ex-President Rawlings saying the ex-military leader exhibits sheer hypocrisy and often plays to the gallery pretending to have any good relationship with him in public, which is not the case.
Mr. Kufuor thus asked his counterpart to be advised on the cosmetic cordial regard for him in public functions, which does not really reflect in his actions against him.
This follows comments by his counterpart JJ Rawlings claiming that he[Kufuor] failed to prosecute a son of former Speaker of Parliament Peter Ala Adjetey while he was in office.
“The 31st December Movement suffered bankruptcy in supporting Atta Mills. How many of us bothered to show up in court to offer her moral support in recognition of the foundation she laid in leading the women from the PNDC to the NDC?
“During that trial, Peter Ala Adjetey, the then Speaker of Parliament, whose son, NDC’s well-fed Larry Adjetey, was charged together with my wife, threatened Kufuor that if he did not drop the ‘false’ charge against his son, he would personally go to court to defend his son. Kufuor dropped his charges.
“How many of these qualities of principled solidarity did we demonstrate towards our own? Instead, people got rewarded with appointments by denigrating and trying to destroy some of us. What money did I not borrow to assist some of our colleagues and comrades who were suffering financially under Kufuor’s regime? Those debts are still on my head today,” Rawlings said in an interview with the state-owned Daily Graphic.
However Mr Kufuor in a statement has dismissed Rawlings’ assertion, saying “there is no truth whatsoever in this allegation. I wonder what ails Rawlings to make him always try to impugn my integrity in his interviews.
“It is not true that I tried to prosecute Larry Adjetey but relented because his father, Peter, threatened me.”
He added: “The circumstances of his (Rawlings) wife’s (Nana Konadu’s) trial is a matter of public record, available for anybody who cares to verify. Rawlings should stop posturing as the only person of integrity and truth.”
“If he wants to continue to blow trumpets from rooftops about his integrity and incorruptibility, let him do so, but he should leave Kufuor alone,”
Spokesperson for the former President, Frank Agyekum in a latest interview on the issue said Mr. Kufuor is becoming choked with the hypocrisy of Rawlings.
According to him, it served no purpose in pretending the good gestures at public places, yet he[Rawlings] is seeking the opportunity to hound his boss, Mr. Kufuor.
“He’s had enough of it. He[Kufuor] has a lot of respect globally and those false claims can destroy his image. There is no point pretending to laugh with him in public but inwardly you have issues against him.
“Mr Kufuor doesn’t pretend when he greets him in public. And so if he cannot maintain that cordial relationship with him, and is bent on always accusing him falsely, to impugn his integrity then we won’t accept that. If he has charges against him he should come out and make them, but the untruths held against Mr. Kufuor is becoming too many”
Source: kasapafmonline.com
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These two people should give us a break and allow us think of the problems that bequeathed our country and households because of their past bad policies. One collected $2 millions from Nigeria and the other benefited from many hidden contracts and shady deals. Both are still enjoying their comfortable pensions and other perks. And we are still economically stagnant in all our hopes and aspirations.
ITS ABOUT TIME THIS AYIGBE MULATO IS PUT IN HIS PROPER POSITION. RAWLINGS IS NOT A MAN OF HONOUR OR VIRTUE!! FULL OF HATRED AND JEALOUSY, AND AFRAID OF THE DEMONS IN HIS CLOSET AND WAITING TO SPRING ON HIM, HE USES DIVERSIONARY TACTICS TO WARD OFF POSSIBLE PROSECUTION AND LAWSUITS!!! ITS ABOUT TIME THAT HE IS RENDEED NAKED AND EXPOSED FRO WHAT HE REALLY IS: A CONMAN, COWARD, OPPORTUNIST, MURDERER, AND VERY VERY CORRUPT!!!!HE MUST FACE THE MUSIC FOR THE MAYHEM HE UNLEASHED ON INNOCENT GHANAIAANS THROUGHOUT HIS PERIOD IN ILLEGAL POWER AND CONSTITUTIONAL RULE!!!!
J A Kuffour is old enough to understand and know by now that JJ Rawlings is a liar; fraud ester and a typical ewe/ayigbe thiff ; why some people including Kuffour even bother to even shake this ***barred word*** BASTAED I cannot comprehend !!!!!! ; JJ Rawlings is attempting to divert attention from something but Ghanaians do not forget easily ; JJ Rawlings should always remember that in his dreams .
everyone knows Ex President Rawlings games and very soon His excellency President Akuffo Addo will be his target.
Please I want to ask one simple question. Have you ever heard of ex President Kuffour attacking ex President Rawlings for at least once? If you haven't then guess who creates the problems. It's time we call a spade a spade!
The bottomline? Envy! JJ envies JAK's international stature. Na who cause am? Who asked him to kill innocent citizens?
am not in the stature or age to suggest but i think it will be healthy if our ex presidents will let the past remain same and foster unity, peace and advise to the president and institutions in the country. after all, ***barred word*** and the clintons as well jimmy carter etc might not agree on so many things but i think they are living in harmony ghana now needs peace, jobs for the youth and education not the fights or whatever of ex prex even mahama is cool, why cant you the aged ex do same i know times it hurts if someone is maligning you but one good thing i like about otumfuor and nana addo is that, they issue a release to clear the air and that is all, either you accept theirs or what the other said, they will never be in a ban ta or come again to explain anything. eg is kwasi pratt attack on otumfour on the kofi boakye cocain saga and attack on nana smoking, they issued statements and thank God good Ghanaians came to realise that, kwasi pratt was wrong hope our ex tries that. i dont think they might be the problem but the ppl around them, they at least must know times by defending, you put the ex in mud
Rawlings is a hipocrate... He received $5 million from Abacha while preaching accountability in Ghana. He must ***barred word***... Look at the t.h.i.f called John Mahama who has collapsed Ghana through corruption....borrowing money from every corner of the world in the name of Ghana to share to his gangs....