Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper, Malik Kwaku Baako, believes that the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) party is gradually but surely getting to the end of the Rawlings� hold over the party.
According to him, the Rawlings phenomenon in the NDC is gradually being demystified.
�The NDC is being torn apart and is going through some self-inflicted collective agony�we are gradually but surely getting insight of the end of the Rawlings� illusion; the Rawlings phenomenon is being demystified,� he stated.
Speaking on Joy FM�s Newsfile Programme, he rubbished Article 6 of the NDC�s constitution which states inter alia that �the founding father of the party is Jerry Rawlings and the party was established on his visions and leadership�.
According to him, it is a political absurdity and abnormality.
�Article 6 of the NDC�s constitution that states�the founding father of the party is Jerry John Rawlings upon whose vision and leadership the party was established�It was a constitutional absurdity or abnormality�it is a political myth that they chose collectively to live with. They�ve lived a lie all these years and they�ve been living it for some time�,� he stated.
To him, for the NDC to say it was established on the principles and ideologies of Mr Rawlings is a complete myth, in that the former President lacks �managerial capacity� and �the discipline to form a political party�.
�The reason why I say it�s a myth is that Jerry Rawlings lacks managerial capacity, technical skills and the discipline to form a political party,� he added.
He further stated that the NDC is a party in transition and that transitional process started after the party�s defeat in the 2000 General Elections.
�The NDC is in transition and it will never be the same again. Indeed their transition began after their defeat in the 2000 election�The NDC began to become a party when it went into opposition and they undertook some re-organization process�,� he stated.
Source: Beatrice Adepa Frempong/Peacefmonline.com
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