Navrongo
(UE),
Nov 24,
Ghanadot/GNA
– Former
President
Jerry
John
Rawlings
asked
the
electorate
not to
make the
mistake
and
retain
the New
Patriotic
Party (NPP)
in power
in the
upcoming
elections.
He said
that
only few
members
of the
ruling
government
were
enjoying
and
amassing
wealth
for
themselves
and
their
families
at the
expense
of the
masses
who
entrusted
power
into
their
hands.
Former
President
Rawlings
was
addressing
a rally
at
Navrongo
in the
Upper
East
Region
at the
weekend.
He said
there
was no
true
democracy,
freedom
and
justice
in the
country
under
the
present
administration
and that
the
ordinary
people
had been
imprisoned
economically,
socially
and
politically.
The
former
President
blamed
Parliament
for
failing
to take
action
against
President
Kufuor
and some
of his
ministers
who had
become
corrupt
and were
amassing
wealth
for
themselves
and
their
families.
Former
President
Rawlings
asked
Ghanaians
to take
a
critical
look at
the
lifestyle
of some
of the
Ministers
and the
District
Chief
Executives
under
the
current
government
and
compare
the
situation
to the
time of
the NDC.
He said
that the
NDC was
more
committed
to the
welfare
of
Ghanaians
than the
NPP.
Former
President
Rawlings
said the
NDC
executed
a lot of
development
projects
and
cited
electrocution,
establishment
of
schools
adding
that
school
fess
were
moderate.
He said
if the
NPP had
continued
from
where
the NDC
left
off, the
country
would
have
been a
paradise.
Former
President
said
that
majority
of
Ghanaians
could
not
afford
to pay
for
their
children's
school
fees and
electricity
bills
among
others.
He urged
the
electorate
to
reverse
the
trend by
voting
the NDC
to power
to
restore
true
democracy,
freedom
and
justice
in the
country.
Former
President
Rawlings
said the
NDC was
sure of
coming
back to
power
since
there
was a
wind of
change
blowing
everywhere.
He
appealed
to all
stakeholders
in the
upcoming
elections
including
the
electorate
to
protect
the
integrity
of the
electoral
process.
Former
President
Rawlings
said “We
would
not sit
down
this
time to
allow
the
election
to be
rigged
like
that of
2004".
He also
addressed
students
of the
Bolgatanga
Polytechnic
and
students
of the
Navrongo
campus
of the
University
for
Development
Studies
(UDS),
where he
pledged
that the
NDC
would
provide
more
educational
infrastructure
if it
wins the
December
7
elections.
GNA.
