By William
Yaw Owusu
Monday
October 08, 2018
Former President Jerry John Rawlings has virtually
passed a vote of confidence in President Akufo-Addo and called on Ghanaians to
support him to succeed.
He described the president as a ‘cultured’ leader who
was doing what his predecessors failed to do while in office, stressing “we
must all help him.”
The former president, who is the founder of the
National Democratic Congress (NDC), made the comments last Friday at the Accra
Digital Centre when he attended a United Nations Youth Summit with Professor
Jeffrey Sachs, Special Advisor to the United Nations (UN) Secretary General.
He told the youth that President Akufo-Addo is the
most cultured president that Ghana has ever had in recent past, saying that he
has good plans for the country and must be supported by all.
He said that the president has given a lot of
appointments to women, which is good for the accelerated development of the
country.
Mr. Rawlings’admiration of President Akufo-Addo
appears to stem largely from the appointment of former Attorney General Martin
Amidu as the Special Prosecutor to fight against corruption in the country.
He said the president made a ‘wise’ decision in
appointing Mr. Amidu whom he described as the best choice for the job.
Mr. Rawlings said President Akufo-Addo is showing
the NDC how to use people with high level of integrity to govern the country
after his own party denigrated him (Amidu).
The former president said President Akufo-Addo was
not responsible for the delay in the prosecution of people by the Office of the
Special Prosecutor, but was hopeful measures would be put in place as soon as
possible for Mr. Amidu to start some serious work.
Currently, there is delay in the passage of the
Legislative Instrument (LI) that governs the Office of the Special Prosecutor but
the draft legislative instrument would be laid on the floor when Parliament
reconvenes.
The Special Prosecutor has complained about lack of
funds for the office to operate fully but government has stated that his concerns
are being addressed.
It was during the same forum that the former president
promised to drop a ‘bombshell’ very soon about the ongoing documentary by
Multimedia News Channel, Joy News, on the killing of the
three High Court judges and a retired army officer in the heat of the
revolution in 1982.
He said that he would attend another public lecture
at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (NKUST) in Kumasi in
the coming days and take the opportunity to put issues into perspective.
Mr. Rawlings appeared to be at loss as to the motive
of those who put together the documentary on the incident which occurred
several years ago.
“I’ll release a bombshell at UST during a public
lecture,” he added.
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