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Aide to President Mills and Parliamentary candidate for the Odododiodoo constituency, Nii Lantey Vanderpuije has boldly hit back at ex President Rawlings saying, if there is anyone who has lost the NDC values then it is no other persons than Mr. Rawlings and the people around him. According to Mr. Vanderpuije, majority of NDC loyalists are saddened and hurt by the scathing comments made by ex President Rawlings. Ex President Rawlings on Tuesday, attacked the NDC leadership describing some government appointees as not �genuinely minded, NDC spirited, NDC-hearted people and want to destroy the party in favour of something else�. He further described officials in President Mills' administration as traitors and self seeking politicians. Mr. Rawlings added that this year�s election will create a lot of stress in the country unless the political selfishness, greed, thievery and ingratitude are exorcized from the NDC. However, speaking to XYZ News, Mr Vanderpuije said the real traitor in the NDC is ex President Rawlings since he has failed to appreciate the sacrifices that were made towards the NDC during their youthful days. He described the comments by the NDC founder as unfortunate adding that the path chosen by ex President Rawlings has the tendency to affect the party�s political fortunes. �They (comments) are unfortunate and to a great level smacks of ingratitude to those of us who have spent our youthful days working for him� Nii Lantey said. He added �what values is he talking about? If anyone has lost any values then it is the people around him or it is he himself...I have not lost any values because they are still relevant to me today�. �I am not politically selfish, I am not a coward�if for all the sacrifices we have made since 1991; people have died, some still have bullets stuck in their legs and if we cannot be appreciated then who should be called a traitor?. �Why does he and his family alone think they are the only saints in our party, why does he think he is the only right person in our party? Has he bothered to ask himself why all those people he started with have left him? The old man and the old lady have lost it and lost it big time.�