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Former President Flt. Lt Jerry John Rawlings says the NDC cannot afford to toy with its mandate to correct the corrupt past it inherited. He lamented that government is lethargic in taking the high moral ground and cautioned that if the government fails to seize the virtue of justice from the onset it cannot succeed in implementing its political agenda. Speaking during a solidarity call on him by a large delegation from the Korle Klottey constituency of the Greater Accra Region on Friday, former president Rawlings said: �2012 may be a problem if we do not change the corrupt tendencies. I am afraid if we do not act, we will entrench a ruling class (NPP) on us, we cannot allow that to happen. They destroyed so much but some of our brothers in government do not seem to realize the need to change the rot in the NPP�. Touching on the Rokko Frimpong and Mobila murders, the former president said it was unfortunate that men of the junior ranks in the military are the ones facing prosecution while the senior officers and the political leaders who initiated those actions have been left off the hook. The former President noted that though the fire disaster at his residence was a distraction, he would not allow that to divert his focus on the myriad problems facing the country. Former Accra Hearts of Oak Chairman and now constituency chairman for Korle Klottey, Harry Zakkour on behalf of the membership donated large quantities of foodstuffs to the former first couple. Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings who received the items on behalf of the family, thanked the constituency members numbering about 200 for their kind gesture and called on all who have memorabilia or documentation on the former first coupe to endeavour to assist to rebuild their library. The former first lady thanked God for saving their lives and praised her second daughter Yaa Asantewaa for waking her up from deep slumber. �If she had not been around a differing story would have been told.