Kofi Adams: NDC Has Been Weakened By Boakye Gyan�s Candidature

Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kofi Adams, has asserted that ruling party has become weaker with Major (Rtd) Boakye Gyan�s candidature, stressing that the NDC will in no way benefit from his being a candidate because he could split the party�s votes countrywide. The spokesperson of the defunct Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) and a former close ally of former President Rawlings, last Saturday polled 81% of delegates� votes to win the party�s primaries in Jaman South constituency, despite the vociferous voices that objected to his bid. Boakye Gyan says he harbours an intense aspiration to see a cordial relationship between his former close pal and President Mills. But speaking as a panelist on Peace FM�s Kokrokoo Morning Show, Kofi Adams said: "NDC today has become weaker with Boakye Gyan as its candidate than without Boakye Gyan or with Boakye Gyan as a member and not a candidate.,I'm telling you�by allowing him to go through the process (primaries), he has made the NDC weaker�I am highly highly disappointed�we should have investigated his membership.� Kofi Adams says he finds it difficult to accept the genuineness in the ex-military officer�s intention of joining the NDC, a party built on the ideals and principles of ex-President Rawlings but whom Boakye Gyan continues to chastise. Whiles pooh-poohing his desire to improve relations between Mr Rawlings and President Mills, Kofi Adams said he still has his doubts that Boakye Gyan qualifies to be an NDC member. ��If you listen to him, and some of the comments he has made concerning the NDC; �NDC is an illegality because it came out of an illegitimate establishment�� I have come to the conclusion that he waited for things to get better in the NDC before joining�he is not part of the founding members�He carries himself so high as if he is the one who is coming to unite President Mills and former President Rawlings. Who told him that we need a mediator for former President Rawlings and President Mills?� he asked rather sarcastically.