Former Member of Parliament for La Dadekotopon, Nii Amasah Namoale, says he agrees with pointers raised in an article by former Deputy Chief of Staff Dr. Valarie Sawyer that sort to rein in the former President and founder of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Jerry John Rawlings.
According to him, the former deputy Chief of Staff’s write-up about the founder of the NDC, is not an attack on the former President, as being suggested by some people within the NDC, but a reminder to the founder that there are far more important issues bedeviling the larger Ghanaian society, which the former President needed to comment on rather than openly castigating members of his own party. “Dr. Valarie Sawyer did not insult anybody.
She only sought to tell our founder that, yes, it is okay to criticize us (the NDC), but the current NPP Government, led by Akufo-Addo, is engaged in serious acts of corruption, so Papa J must talk about those ones too”, he explained on Onua FM.
Dr. Valarie Sawyer wrote a lengthy article in which she implored the former president and founder of the NDC, Jerry John Rawlings, to redirect the energy he uses in criticising the NDC to the current happenings in the country. Dr. Sawyer, in her write-up, mentioned, among other things, the BOST saga, the $2.25 million Eurobond saga, the fall Armyworm invasion, as some issues needing the urgent attention of the former president. But some close associates of Mr Rawlings have called on Dr Valerie Sawyer to retract her publications and apologize to the founder.
However Nii Amasah Namoale, opined that Dr. Sawyer only “exercised her right to freedom of expression and freedom of speech, and there is nothing wrong with that”. He added that both the former president and the former deputy chief of staff are people who are not scared to air their views on any issue both within and outside the Party, which he said can serve as a motivation for the other Party members to also come out openly to vent their concerns. “Our founder always speaks his mind and so is Dr. Valerie so I don’t see any disrespect here on the part of Dr.Valerie” Namoale observed.
Source: 3news.com
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Rawlings is not more Ghanaian than Dr. Valarie. Let her also speak her mind like what Jerry Rawlings always does. Rawlings is not a saint, why should he always be right and everyone else is wrong ? What kind of human being is he, that he is the only good person Ghana has ever seen. Allow people who really know Rawlings to also speak their minds. As a matter of fact, what use is Rawlings to Ghana now ? What will Ghana loose if Rawlings is not around today ? With all that Rawlings has been saying how is it helping Ghana ? What at all is it that Rawlings can not forgive his own family and move on? I guess now all the close friends of Rawlings are his enemies now. What if Rawlings had behaved like ex president kufour , will he not have been a better states man ? Why is Rawlings so bitter about his own family and friends. I think that those who can also criticize Rawlings should do so because we are all Ghanaian and can equally speak our minds like Rawlings. Rawlings is growing older and older and must not make so much enemies to his grave one day.
I don't blame you, Rawlings has given you guys a career
I guess you have a problem understanding the queens language and that's unfortunate. Maybe free SHS will be of help. Here we come September enrolment . Hahaha
Massa; how come anytime somebody criticises this kriminal son of a thiff JJ Rawlings ; then idiotic maggots and fulls then suddenly jump to this coward's defence ; it seems to me people in the NDC have forgotten the genesis of JJ Rawlings ;many people do not know the man's background and the reasons and grounds as to how he came to power ; through stilling ; greed ; tribalism ; hatred and murder ; this lady knows the background of JJ Rawlings because his father helped and worked with JJ Rawlings ;the trouble is that a lot of people in the NDC do not know JJ Rawlings as a human being besides what they forget is that this was a man in uniform who was trained in certain ways ; he has never believed in Democracy and does accept the fact that people have opinions which they can also express ; JJ Rawlings is a COWARD and non intelligent person ; he can talk and express opinions which he expects everybody to accept but do not accept other opinions ; what Ghanaians do not understand is that trained soldiers are not rational people ; they do not think but simply take orders which are at odds with democracy or rule of law ; NAME ME ONE SOLDIER IN GHANA who has any rational mind or any democratic credentials ; just look at Gen Nunoo ; a soldier who has never seen combat in his life but seem to think he can order Ghanaians around with his opnions the same with this son of a jack ***barred word*** a thiff and a murderer JJ Rawlings; the trouble is that most people in the NDC are scared to tell JJ Rawling in his face about his evil deeds all theyb do is talk behind his back ; truth is JJ Rawlings sees all NDC members as IDIOTIC RIFF -RAFFS from undefined homes but the question is does JJ Rawlings know where he comes from -NO; because Nana Addo; Jon Mahama ; Kuffour ; Atta Mills can all trace the home of their ancestors ; CAN JJ RAWLINGS TRACE THE HOME OF HIS ANCESTORS -NO WAY !!!!!: JJ RAWLINGS IS CONFUSED AND SO IS THE NDC PARTY !!!!!.
I am always at surprise when NDC guys talk and explain corruption. Is army worm invasion corruption? Is restructuring your debt from short to mid-to-longer term corruption? When are able to sell contaminated products beyond what is regarded as price above the normal NDC price of Ghs1, corruption? Words cannot explain NDC understanding of corruption. They see no wrong with AMERI deal with bloated value in excess of $150million. They do not see anything wrong with Cocobod giving order to one company to supply fertilizer in excess of 5years. I am now understanding Martin Amidu that the current crop of NDC guys like JM, Nii Namoale, Kwabena Donkor, John Jinapour, Okudjato, Ayiriga, Ahwoi, Ofosu Ampomfo and many more are greedy professional thie-eves.
NAMOALEY , YOU'RE PERFECTLY RIGHT. DR VALERIE IS RIGHT TO SPEAK HER MIND SAME AS RAWLING ALWAYS SPEAKS HIS MIND. SOME GHANAIAN HATE THE TRUTH AND SOME ALSO FEAR TO SPEAK THE TRUTH WHILES SOME ARE EITHER HYPOCRITES OR COWARDS. SIMPLE AS THAT! THANKS NII NAMOALEY
THIS IS CHILD'S TALK. DON'T BLAME HIM. HE IS A NONENTITY.
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