Posted
on: www.dailyguideghana.com
By
William Yaw Owusu
Wednesday,
August 09, 2017
Former President Jerry John Rawlings’ continuous
reprimand of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) over corruption has
received a cheeky response from former Deputy Chief of Staff, Valerie Sawyerr.
Ms Sawyerr, who was Senior Policy Adviser and Head
of the Presidential Delivery Unit under the previous Mahama administration,
appears to insist that Mr. Rawlings, who is the founder of the NDC, cannot
claim to be upright when it comes to corruption and should spare the public his
corruption ‘sermons.’
Galamsey Fight
She said it would help the cause of the country if
the former president directed his actions towards the ongoing fight against
illegal mining aka galamsey or lead a crusade against the recent invasion of
the fall army worms and leave the NDC to live its opposition life.
“The ‘galamsey’ problem is still in existence,
despite the fact that the government is trying to pretend that it has gone
away. I am sure you are needed in places like Denkyira-Obuasi to help clamp
down on the menace. This will help your twin brother, President Akufo-Addo, to
fulfill his anti-galamsey promise. Even though he did promise the galamseyers
before the 2016 elections that he would leave them to ply their trade. Hmmm …confusion
here, there and everywhere!”
Open Letter
In what looks like an open letter to the former
president for continuously tagging the NDC as corrupt, Ms Sawyerr appeared to
suggest that Mr. Rawlings was still attacking the NDC even in opposition and leaving
the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration unchecked.
She said, “They say he booms … I say he buzzes …
like an agitated mosquito … looking for his next victim. Again, he heads for
other Heads of State … describing their governance as riddled with corruption.
Is he trying to say that his reign was unblemished or that his twin brother’s
(President Akufo-Addo’s) reign is unsullied? Really? Who born dog … in fact …
who born monkey?”
Successful Agenda
“JJ oooo JJ … the great Papa JJ … the one and only
Junior Jesus … the great saint who never does wrong … you are still flogging a
dead horse … the NDC is in opposition, in case you have not noticed, while a
living raging bull is moving around with reckless abandon, destroying
everything it finds in its path, including the assets and citizens of this
nation.
“Who has said you don’t like the NDC? Are you
setting your own questions and answering them please? Nobody has said you do
not like the NDC. Stop putting words in our mouths. Indeed, some think you
crave for the NDC so much that you are prepared to destroy anyone and anything
in the NDC, if that will suit your agenda to always be in control of the NDC.”
Throwing Challenge
She appeared to chastise the NDC for not standing up
to the former president and saying it as it is to him.
“NDC, where are our men and women? NDC where are our
leaders? I challenge you to rise and speak the truth unblemished and
fearlessly! The truth can be told by all – no man or woman is the sole
repository of truth.” she charged.
She also accused Mr Rawlings of falling out with
almost all those who had helped him to rule Ghana for 19 years.
“Is it true that you fell out with a majority of
those who worked diligently for you at different stages of your journey … the
Ahwois, the Tsikatas, the Peprahs, the Abodakpis, the PV Obengs (blessed
memory), the Sherry Ayiteys, the Kwesi Botchweys, the Martha Tamakloes, the
Sipa Yankeys, the Ibrahim Adams, the Mould Iddrisus, the Herbert Mensahs and a
whole host of others?”
Amidu Factor
In the course of her vituperations, Ms. Sawyerr,
whose father served Rawlings as Education Minister, introduced the former
Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Martin A.B.K Amidu, in her attacks,
describing him as pompous with over-bloated ego.
She made an astonishing claim that the former
Attorney General at one point attempted to assault then President John Evans
Atta Mills.
She claimed that barely a week after the incident in
2012, Mr. Amidu was relieved of his position as Attorney General by the president.
“… and what is Comrade Martin Amidu also babbling
about? Martin, did I not tell you that your pomposity, over-bloated ego and
sense of self-importance constitute your Achilles heel?” she queried.
“Remember, when I told you (years ago) after a
presidential press conference, that a directive had been issued that no
appointee should grant a press interview in order to avoid any contradictory
statements on air … and you screeched … ‘who are you … small girl like you …
where were you when I was Attorney General’ etc. etc? Remember I told you that
it is your Achilles Heel that would destroy you?”
Physical Assault
She continued that “Barely a week or so after that,
you were relieved of your post as Attorney General after attempting to assault
a sitting Head of State?
“Since then you have become a so-called crusader,
sinking lower and lower in the NDC as you seem to rise higher and higher in the
NPP. I am not a soothsayer, neither am I a harbinger of gloom and doom … but
once again I say to you … this time with a nation full of witnesses … that your
Achilles Heel will destroy you!”
Resignation
Ms. Sawyerr challenged the former AG to resign from
the NDC since she said Mr Amidu was no longer working in the interest of the
opposition party.
“Respectfully Martin cut the crap! You have achieved
your aim … the NDC is in opposition. I challenge you to resign from the NDC since
you no longer promote the cause of the NDC. Or do you also subscribe to the
agenda to destroy to take over? The agenda that is based on the premise that it
is easier to take over the NDC when it is in opposition!”
Surrogate Groups
“I am waiting for the surrogate groups that will
spring up suddenly like jacks in the box (I understand the plural is either
‘jack in the boxes’ or ‘jacks in the box’) to lambast me and everyone or
everything that is connected with me … the modus operandus is always the same …
“I am waiting for the NDC men and women who will
suddenly find their voices and go on air and call me unprintable names … the
modus operandus is always the same …
“I am waiting for the NDC leadership who will summon
me because all of a sudden, they have found their disciplinary tongues, having
been whipped in line by bullies who seek to terrorise those around them … the
modus operandus is always the same …”
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