Former President Jerry John Rawlings has commended Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II for his address at the UN High Level Forum on Culture of Peace last Friday and said he made Ghana proud.
Mr Rawlings, however, chastised his party’s leader, John Dramani Mahama, over the twist his camp seems to have put on the Asante king’s address.
A former Chief of Staff to Mr Mahama, Julius Debrah, issued a statement on Sunday, contesting the pronouncements of His Eminence, the Asantehene, who said but for his persuasion of Mr Mahama to concede defeat, the country would have been plunged into electoral violence.
“As former Chief of Staff to President Mahama, I was associated closely with all the pre, during and post 2016 poll events,” Mr Debrah contested.
“I state without equivocation that the decision to concede and congratulate Nana Akufo-Addo even before the official results were declared was taken by President Mahama himself without any persuasion from any quarter,” he stressed.
But this Mr Rawlings calls “unwarranted and unnecessary”.
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THE INSULTS BY JULIUS DEBRA AND KWAME ZU TO OUR TRADITIONAL LEADERS ARE SO FULL OF VENOM TO FUEL TRIBAL TENSIONS. THIS IS WHAT NDC SEEMS TO ACHIEVE AS THEIR AGENDA FOR THEIR 2020 CAMPAIGN. THE STATEMENTS ARE SUPPORTED BY MANY IN NDC AND IT SHOWS CLEARLY THAT NDC HAS NO MESSAGE FOR 2020 ELECTION, EXCEPT TO HOPE AND RELY ON TRIBAL FEUDS TO RUN THEIR CAMPAIGN. THE STATEMENTS MUST HOWEVER BE CONDEMNED BY CIVIL SOCIETY, RELIGIOUS BODIES AND ALL WELL MEANING GHANAIANS WHO WISH PEACE FOR 2020 ELECTIONS IN GHANA. WE SHOULD NOT SIT DOWN UNCONCERNED IN THE FACE OF SUCH UNWARRANTED PROVOCATION AND INSULTS.
Dis Guy called JJ is not serious I m beginning to think that he is confused and doesn't understand politics any longer wat is he saying dat mahama should keep quite and accept the fact dat he contemplated not to relinquished power even when dat is false, please he is a chief but if he get it wrong the truth has to be told period please Mr rawlings continue sleeping because nobody take you serious anylonger
Rawlings in now a walking contradiction...a big deceptive figure...no longer worth my respect.....no wonder he now looks like a bitter, selfish and evil...just look at the picture accompanying this news...u get it?..its a pity..
Ei NPP co chairman is also talking. Diabetes and cancer is looking for you for your hypocrisy.
English is a problem at peace fm ooooo
i am shocked for long you guys can't get it. Peacefmonline omo at awu rough. brofo hard give them
Is it that you guys at Peace FM don't understand English or what? Where in that tweet by Rawlings an indication of he chastising Mahama? Brofo!
Peacefm ur head die too much. This simple english too u don't understand..Hw does the story explain ur headline? Mischief!
WHAT IS TRUTH?TRUTH IS THAT WHICH IS.MAHAMA HAS EVERY RIGHT TO COMMENT ON ANY NEGATIVITY CONCERNING HIS LIFE STYLE.IS THE ASANTEHENE GOD?HE SHOULD ALSO STOP PEDDLING FALSE INFORMATION AND LIES JUST TO GET RECOGNITION.IS HE SAYING MAHAMA AND THE NDC ARE NOT LAW ABIDING AND THEREFORE WANTED TO CREATE CHAOS?WHAT'S RAWLINGS BEEF ON THIS.RAWLINGS HAS ALREADY SOLD HIS CONSCIENCE TO THE RULING PARTY .JUST A HYPOCRITE NOW.IT'S A PITY
Misrepresentation of Rawlings' comment. Rawlings says comments on what Mahama said are unnecessary, not Mahama's comment on Asantehene's address.