While struggling to parry accusations of aiding Nana Akufo-Addo to unseat President John Mahama and the National Democratic Congress in the 2016 elections, former President Jerry John Rawlings; his wife, Nana Konadu and former Attorney General, Martin A. B. K. Amidu, are busily lacing their boots to take over control of the biggest opposition party.
The NDC founder and his co-schemers, The aL-hAJJ is reliably informed, have fashioned an elaborate strategy to snatch the leadership and control of the party with the aim of blocking former President Mahama from leading the party again.
Sources at the Ridge and Adjiriganor residences of the former military strongman-turned-politician narrated to this paper how Mr Rawlings, his wife and Mr Amidu and other like-minds have been meeting to roll out their plans.
According to a source, the former first president, who is also NDC Founder, and his ilk have firmed up their plots and are only awaiting the Prof Kwesi Botchwey committee to submit its findings and recommendations to the National Executive Committee before they strike.
Top on their agenda, the source revealed, is to launch image smearing campaign and scathing attacks on immediate-past president, Mr John Mahama as soon as the committee submits its report in order to “convince members of the party not give him another opportunity to lead the party.”
“I can tell you that the old man (Mr Rawlings), madam (Mrs Rawlings), Martin and others have been meeting and they have agreed that soon after Kwesi and his people submit their report, old man will start touring the regions to talk to our supporters,” the source who was at one of the meetings told The aL-hAJJ.
It would be recall that former President Rawlings told supporters of the NDC at party’s 2016 campaign launch at Cape Coast in the Central Region that he will come round after the election to share with them (supporters), the ills of the party.
“The task ahead of you won’t be an easy task. I will reserve what I have to say till after the elections when I will come round the country to share with you how I think we could restore the kind of strength that can take us well into the future. There are certain weaknesses that we need to deal with,” Mr Rawlings noted.
Mr Rawlings and his sect, another source noted, “saw the party’s defeat at the polls as golden opportunity to take over control of the NDC. So the first strategy is to plot the defeat of all current executives who are not in their good books and plant their favorites there.”
“When they get their preferred candidates to occupy the leadership positions by which time their assigns would have succeeded in denting the image of Mahama, it would be easy to determine who leads the party into the 2020 elections,” the source added.
The aL-hAJJ is reliably informed that the Rawlingses have penciled three heavyweights of the NDC among which two of them will eventually be selected as preferred flag bearer and running mate ahead of the party’s congress to elect candidate for the 2020 elections.
“They are considering two sects of tickets…one is Martin Amidu and Goosie Tanoh as flag bearer and running and the other is Kwesi Ahwoi and Martin Amidu. The Kwesi Ahwoi and Martin Amidu ticket has not been concluded on because that will be dependent on whether the Ahwois will agree to team up with the Rawlings camp to fight Mahama,” the source revealed.
According to the source, in the event the Ahwoi camp turns down request to team up with the Rawlings camp, the latter will “present Martin Amidu as flag bearer at congress and when he wins, Goosie Tanoh will be nominated as running mate.”
Mr Rawlings and Martin Amidu have been accused by leading members of the NDC of aiding Nana Akufo-Addo and the New Patriotic Party to dethrone President Mahama and the now biggest opposition party, the NDC.
Mrs Rawlings has long distant herself from the NDC, consistently labeling members of the party as filthy corrupt and undeserving of governing the country. This is against backdrop of the fact her daughter, Dr Zanetor Rawlings contested on the ticket of the NDC in the Klottey Korle constituency.
Prior to the election, there were rumors that Mr Rawlings and Mr Amidu were bashing the Mahama government in way to get it out of power to make it easy for them to take over the party.
Source: The Al-Hajj
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Without fronting for anybody in the NDC flagbearership race, I think former Prez. Mahama should not think of a possible return. He is perceived to have led crooks, who until their appointments, were in the words of the late Lawyer Obeng Manu,"ordinary men of straw". The comeback of Mahama will cost more damage to the already damaged fortunes of the NDC. He who has ears let him hear.
THE ONLY WAY FOR THE NDC TO GAIN SOME SUBSTANCE IS TO CHANGE ITS NAME EVEN THAT I DOUBT IF GHANAIANS WILL VOTE FOR THEM BECAUSE INDIVIDUAL FACES LIKE KOFI ADAMS,ASEIDU NKETIA,KOFI AYIDOHO,RAWLINGS,KONADU,MAHAMA,AHOWIS,TSIKATAS CAN NEVER BE CHANGED.THE NDC IS ASSIGNED TO OBLIVION.ONLY TIME WILL TELL.
u see hw NDC people dislike the truth because amidu always says the truth see hw they are attacking him as for the NDC party think of returning to power in the year 3030
Hahahaha, who will believe ch3ap liar called, Bature, ve ignored the Alhaji coz he doesn't qualify to be one, this newspaper is only fit for those who do their own thing around Odawna river
Bature your stories are full of untruths and lies and they are best classified as "fake news." First of all, Rawlings was never the first President of Ghana, Dr. kwame Nkrumah was. For a Nigerian, who God only knows how he became a Ghanaian and claims half of the generality of Ghanaians came from Nigeria must be living in a wonderland. bature's attempt to rewrite the Ghanaian history has never washed and will never be. bature is a stranger in Ghana but lost in transit. If he Rawlings founded NDC, then wherein lies the truth in he taking over the party he founded? He is the founder and thus holds true that Rawlings owns the NDC party. Mahama the opportunist, attempted to hijack the party and he failed miserably. He will go down in the history of the nation Ghana as the most inept, unprepared, incompetent and corrupt guy ever to have had his hands on the till of Ghana. You lie too much. Research your stories before you print them. Ghana is advancing and it does not need liars like you. Get off our lawn. Mahama has not earned the trust of the generality of the northerners, let alone Ghana. See the difference in a real time leadership under Akuffo Addo and look back to mahama's days in office; greed, corruption, moral degredation and silliness beyond comprehension. Family members hiding behind the incumbercy to deny the ghoverment of ghana's fair share of its tax revenue. Read the stories about Ibrahim; always in the news for bad reasons. mahama was a cheap politician who saw every opportunity as luck. How does he sell a national asset like ECG for next to nothing to a foreign consortium for mere $450 million on concessionary basis for 25 years? Cheapo man who became co-president by accident. Where was his love of country and patriotism? NDC forget about the Bole boy who would never have had sight to the seat of power were it not the Ahwois and Atta Mills. Next time round they will listen and show respect to J J Rawlings.
Jm you are the one we need... But you jj when did you stop corruption and killing see your dad with blood and you are pointing someone as a killer... Go and give back abacha money and stop misbehaving your self... What do you like on this earth koraaaa. Mr hamidu ***barred word*** stingy man, you thing the world is full of fun right. Come and stand we are waiting for your 15.9%
I AM VERY GLAD TO HEAR THIS. BY THE WAY THEY SHOULD KNOW THAT, THIS TIME WE SHALL NOT SIT DOWN UNCONCERN FOR THEM TO WASTE OUR EARS WITH PROBITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY WHILES THEY ENJOY WEALTH. THEY ARE WELCOME.
HMMMM IF AMIDU AND JJ THEN NDC SHOULD FORGET THINKING ABOUT POWER
What difference would it make if JJ Rawlings and his wife and other cronies take over the party ;politics des not work that because a [party is not a personal property to just take over ; how do you suddenly change the image of party which tainted with toxic corruption ;stilling and arrogance ; how do you vote for party which includes Kofi Adams who have shown beyond reasonable that he is a KROOK ; there is no way Nana Konadu will go back to the NDC ; FOR WHAT because the same who planned her downfall are in the party besides what can Martin -Amidu as one man thousand do ; the man has credible reputation but what about the others like Jon Mahama ; the Ahwoi brothers ; Tskatas ; Omane Boama ; Felix Kwakye and others
Maetin Amidu has clout. many in Ghana likes him for his abti corruption fight. Will he has the capacity to manage the the the economy. JJ too Ghana to HIPC. can his camp do better than he did?