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Peacefmonline.com reproduces a copy of the statement read by NDC Founder and former President, Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings when over 100 former party executives called on him on Tuesday. RAWLINGS CALLS ON FORMER PARTY EXECUTIVES TO HIT NDC CAMPAIGN TRAIL NDC Founder and former President, Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings says his criticism of the party is always done with deep pain, but failure to do so will be a betrayal of the people who held the party up and gave it a life. President Rawlings, however, called on former party executives from across the country to hit the campaign trail because their input is valuable to the cause of the NDC. The former President made the call when over 100 former party executives called on him to encourage him to join the campaign trail to ensure victory for the NDC in the December elections. In an address read on behalf of the group by Alhaji Abdallah Ahmed Abdallah aka Alhaji PMC, the former executives said: �it is our belief that your party needs to be revolutionized and reinvigorated. We as former executive of this party from various levels can therefore not continue to sit idle when just a few people in the name of being executives of the party or ministers of state engage in acts that have the tendency to destroy this great party of ours. �We share with your concerns and we are here to identify with you. We also will want to inform you of plans we have put in place to help in the 2012 general elections. ��Our campaign machinery cannot fly without your involvement. We have witnessed our campaigns in the past and can say without fear or favour that your absence on the trail is not a good development. But the party founder in response said: �I have in recent public statements expressed my desire to see the NDC win the election and have also expressed the feeling that John Mahama has brought some sense of hope to the NDC.� President Rawlings also noted that he wished the current crop of party executives would take a cue from the level of deep commitment and love exhibited in the past by the former executives. The founder said even as we introduce young faces into the party we should not ignore the old experienced hands who still have so much to offer to the NDC. He also lamented the divisions that within the party which led to the establishment of the NDP with the aim of salvaging the ideals of the NDC and called on the new party to consider withdrawing its parliamentary candidates from constituencies where the NDC had credible candidates. Mr. Kofi Adams, spokesperson for the former President enjoined the former executives to strengthen their front and constitute themselves into a formidable group or organization so they can offer valuable advice and input to the party�s progress. Notable former executives who called on President Rawlings were Nana Osei Bonsu, former National Vice-Chairman, Kofi Mintah, former central Regional Chairman, KofiSarfo, former Eastern Regional Chairman, Nana Nimpong, founding member from Brong Ahafo, Hajia Tanato Yakubu, former Northern Regional Women�s Organiser and Iddrisu Ismaila, a former Constituency Chairman in the Northern region Please find below the full text of President Rawlings� statement.