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Deputy Information Minister, Baba Jamal, has been very critical of recent comments by a member of Mrs Agyeman-Rawlings' campaign team, Michael Teye Nyaunu, describing them as childish and irrelevant. In what is deemed a secretly recorded tape, Mr Teye Nyaunu was heard casting aspersions at the presidency and directly referring to President Atta Mills� extempore public speaking as evidence of him running away from reading written speeches, claiming that it was due to the president's inability to see and read clearly. But Baba Jamal did not take the comment lightly, especially coming from a highly-ranked member of the ruling NDC he noted. The Deputy Minister on Joy FM�s Newsfile Thursday said that it was �sad� for a Member of Parliament whose party forms the government to denigrate the presidency like Mr Teye Nyaunu did, whilst ironically craving for someone to occupy the same office. �I see the comment as very infantile and childish. I see it as very distracting and very, very irrelevant to the process of selecting a candidate. �I think that it is a waste of all our time, we need to concentrate on more important issues.� He admitted that in the heat of any political campaign there are bound to be some slips, but the current happenings in the NDC �is not good for all of us,� he maintained. Baba Jamal however confirmed that the president was unable to read all correspondence sent to his office due to their voluminous nature. �Thousands of letters come to the president every day� it is not possible that the president would be able to read all letters that come to the Castle, it is not possible� It is the most important ones that deserve his attention (that) would be brought to his attention.� Meanwhile, a member of the NDC council of elders, Fred Ohene Kena, has said although he was not satisfied with some of the pronouncements by the followers of the three candidates vying for the party�s presidential slot, he was �satisfied� with the processes leading to the July congress. He hoped contestants themselves; President Atta Mills, Nana Konadu Aggyeman-Rawlings and Dr Ekwow Spio-Grabrah would try to refine their language and play �according to the rules�.