Leading member of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Alhaji Iddrisu Bature has dismissed assertions that President John Evans Atta Mills is a weak President and subservient to ex-President Rawlings.
According to him, Mills had to countenance the tantrums of the ex-President only because of a sense of gratitude he feels towards Rawlings. His comments came in the wake of recent public criticism by the ex-president which met mixed reactions from some party kingpins.
Speaking on Accra base radio station last week, Alhaji Bature observed that while in office, the ex-President appointed Prof. Mills as his vice President that is why he is unable to react to Rawlings� comments, he said. �I can say however that Mills is not happy with many of the things Rawlings is doing to him,� he disclosed.
Describing John Mills as a �stubborn intellectual�, a �strong man with a strong character�, Bature said President Mills is tougher than ex-President Rawlings. If Rawlings barks and you give it to him, he recoils, Mills will not bark but will remain firm,� he said.
Alhaji Bature said many Ghanaians have misconstrued the peaceful and God fearing nature of the President as a weakness, a perception he said was unsustainable and should be thrown into the dustbin of history. He believed strongly President Mills would be able to fulfill his electoral promises if he would be given the space to work.
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