He said the party had learnt lessons in the 2016 general elections, which were shaping it to win power back in 2020.

[contextly_sidebar id=”CA25tno435c8e7hibtNsKBCFecBl9BOW”]The former President said this when he addressed this year’s 31st December Revolution commemoration in Ho, Volta Regional capital.

“I take the ultimate responsibility for our loss in 2016. A lot of the wounds were self-inflicted, but we have learnt our lessons. Elections are not only about winning. The glory of life is about how you rise after falling…,” he stated.

Mr Mahama commended national executive of the Party for its re-organisation and re-registration exercise and called for support from the members to rebuild and unite the Party for victory in 2020.

Former President Jerry John Rawlings called for a “new revolution” in the Party pinched on probity, accountability and social justice and that the Party would remain in political abyss if it failed to stop political monetization and allow “grassroot Democratic model” to prevail.

The event was on the theme, ” Uniting around the principles of probity, accountability and social justice.”

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Source: GNA

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The group, processed peacefully through some principal streets in the Volta Regional capital ahead of an official address by former President and leader of the revolution, Jerry John Rawlings.

This year’s event, the 36th anniversary, is being held under the theme, “Uniting around the principles of probity, accountability, and social justice”.

The Member of Parliament for North Tongu Constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, as well as Volta Regional executives of the NDC are among persons participating in the Sunday morning march.

About the 31st December Revolution

On 31st December 1981, former President Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings led a group of soldiers to topple the late President Hilla Liman’s government to form the Provisional National Defense Council (PNDC).

The PNDC was an amalgamation of the Armed Forces Revolution Council (AFRC) which on 4th June 1978, deposed the Supreme Military Council (SMC) II, and handed over power to Liman’s government after elections.

The PNDC steered the affairs of the country until 1992, when the country was returned to constitutional democracy.

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The former president, Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings who made the announcement, said this year’s event will feature a route march and a Durbar of chiefs and people, as well as a wreath-laying ceremony.

The perpetual flame will also be lit at the event.

The theme for this year’s event is ‘’Uniting around the principles of probity, accountability, and social justice”.

The former president said this year’s event will be a sober and reflective moment, which seeks to remind the Ghanaian populace of the principles that underpinned the popular revolution.

Rawlings made the comment at the inaugural meeting of the Local Organizing Committee led by the Volta Regional MPs caucus Chairman, Emmanuel Kwasi Bedzrah, and the Volta Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress, John Kwadwo Gyapong.

Other members of the committee include the immediate past Regional Minister of the Volta Region, Helen Ntosu, Former Deputy Regional Minister Francis Ganyaglo, MP for Ho Central, Benjamin Kpodo, Chairperson of the Volta Women’s working committee and former minister of state, Dzifa Attivor, former MP for Ho Central Capt George Nfodjo, and the former Regional Chairman of the Volta Regional NDC, Kwasi Aboagye.

The committee includes the cadres of the revolution led by their Volta Regional Chairman Comrade Frank Adoba.

Also represented at the meeting were the Regional Youth and Women’s wing of the NDC, the Ho Central NDC, the Muslim community and the 31st December Women’s movement.

The inaugural meeting was attended by members of the Central Planning Committee, led by the Secretary of the National Interim Management Committee of the United Cadres Front.

About the 31st December Revolution

On 31st December 1981, former President Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings led a group of soldiers to topple the late president Hilla Liman’s government to form the Provisional National Defense Council (PNDC).

The PNDC was an amalgamation of the Armed Forces Revolution Council (AFRC) which on 4th June 1978, deposed the Supreme Military Council (SMC) II, and handed over power to Liman’s government after elections.

The PNDC steered the affairs of the country until 1992 when the country was returned to constitutional democracy.

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By: citifmonline.com/Ghana

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