The founder of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and former President, Jerry John Rawlings, has set a tall order for President Atta Mills within the next two months before he (Rawlings) will join the 2012 campaign of the NDC.
Chief among the conditions is that the GH�51.2 million fraudulently paid to Alfred Agbesi Woyome for his so-called �financial engineering�, when there is no proof of work done for the government, should be refunded within the next two months, possibly before the next celebration of June 4, sources close to the meeting held with Volta regional chiefs have told Daily Guide.
The Volta chiefs had met with Mr. Rawlings and his wife, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, at his Ridge office on Tuesday with the intention of brokering peace between the two leading figures of the ruling party, but the meeting was inconclusive, according to Michael Teye Nyaunu, MP for Lower Manya, who sat through the over three-hour meeting.
According to Mr. Rawlings, he did not see how he could mount an NDC platform within the tenets of the probity and accountability philosophy of the NDC if the money was not returned promptly.
This is the first time the former president is commenting on the controversial Woyome saga which was rocked the government.
Daily Guide gathered the details of the meeting a day after Mr. Rawlings met the retinue of the chiefs from the Volta Region operating under the name �Royals for peace and development� at his office in Accra.
Mr. Rawlings came out of the closed door meeting which started around 3pm till about 7:15pm drenched in sweat.
Among the several issues that emerged after the meeting was the former President�s discontent about the numerous unfulfilled promises of the Mils administration and the level of tension in the country which appeared to be more than what Kofi Adams, spokesperson for Mr. Rawlings, and the chiefs, Togbe Adela Adelakoe ll of Wheta, told a section of the press.
He asked the chiefs why for the first time in history, a simple voter registration exercise had generated so much tension in the country.
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