{"id":219674,"date":"2016-06-04T12:05:57","date_gmt":"2016-06-04T12:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=219674"},"modified":"2016-06-04T12:05:57","modified_gmt":"2016-06-04T12:05:57","slug":"37th-june-4-uprising-commemoration-in-pictures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/06\/37th-june-4-uprising-commemoration-in-pictures\/","title":{"rendered":"37th June 4 uprising commemoration in pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today [Saturday] June 4, 2016, marked the 37th anniversary of the June 4 uprising. A memorial ceremony led by former President Jerry John Rawlings was held at the Revolution Square, the June 4 memorial grounds.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-219683\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/President-Rawlings-and-other-digitaries_800x533.jpg\" alt=\"President Rawlings and other digitaries_800x533\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The theme for this year\u2019s memorial ceremony was \u201cRevolution, The Hard Road to Democracy\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-219678\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/The-Ghana-Dance-Ensemble_800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The Ghana Dance Ensemble_800x533\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The ceremony saw wreaths laid and a perpetual flame lit in memory of the fallen soldiers of\u00a0the uprising.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_219677\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-219677\" style=\"width: 601px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-219677\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/President-Rawlings-Brigadier-Nunoo-Mensah-and-Dr-Kunbuor_800x533.jpg\" alt=\"President Rawlings, Brigadier Nunoo Mensah and Dr Kunbuor_800x533\" width=\"601\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-219677\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Left to right) President Rawlings, Brigadier Nunoo Mensah and Dr Kunbuor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Leading members and cadres of the uprising as well as sympathizers of the uprising were present.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-219679\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/The-wreath-bearers-marching-to-the-parade-grounds_800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The wreath bearers marching to the parade grounds_800x533\" width=\"599\" height=\"399\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The June 4 uprising was a violent revolution in 1979 sparked by the military government\u2019s decision to put then flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings on public trial for attempting a coup.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-219682\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Messrs-Nunoo-Mensah-Kunbuor-and-Afotey-Agbo-lit-the-perpetual-flame_800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Messrs Nunoo Mensah, Kunbuor and Afotey Agbo lit the perpetual flame_800x533\" width=\"601\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rawlings however turned the trial against the government and garnered the support of junior military officers and the public.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-219676\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/President-Rawlings-welcomes-Nii-Dodoo-Nsaki-I_800x533.jpg\" alt=\"President Rawlings welcomes Nii Dodoo Nsaki I_800x533\" width=\"601\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This culminated in a series of events that saw junior military officers break jail to free Rawlings and take control of the sole broadcasting house.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-219681\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/A-section-of-the-audience_800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A section of the audience_800x533\" width=\"603\" height=\"401\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rawlings&#8217; address at the broadcasting station galvanized the public and was followed by the rounding up of senior military officers including three former heads of states; General Akuffo, Ignatious Kutu Acheampong and Afrifa for trial and execution by firing squad.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-219680\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/The-wulomei_800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The wulomei_800x533\" width=\"601\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The decision to commemorate June 4 has been criticized as celebration of violence and coups by some, but former President Rawlings has always maintained the blood shed on June 4 was warranted because of the rot in society at the time.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-219675\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/President-Rawlings-delivers-his-address_800x533.jpg\" alt=\"President Rawlings delivers his address_800x533\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In his address at the gathering, the former president said, \u201cWhat happened on June 4 1979, was a justifiable intervention and an expression of rage against corruption and the rape of the country by some political and military leaders of the time. What happened in 79, produced the halting effect of what Jesus Christ did in the temple when people were gambling and selling in the church. Within that period the nation finally had justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ghana being eroded by social and political disorder<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Former President Jerry John Rawlings on the commemoration of the June 4 uprising, also bemoaned the path on which the country is treading, particularly in the past year,\u00a0saying it is derailing development efforts.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the extent of political and social disorder exhibited over the past 12 months is slowly eating up the country like a<span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/06\/04\/june-4-ghana-being-eroded-by-political-social-disorder-rawlings\/\"> \u201ctumor\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today [Saturday] June 4, 2016, marked the 37th anniversary of the June 4 uprising. 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