{"id":343284,"date":"2017-08-08T19:19:07","date_gmt":"2017-08-08T19:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=343284"},"modified":"2017-08-08T19:19:07","modified_gmt":"2017-08-08T19:19:07","slug":"sack-rawlings-from-ndc-if-alhaji-bature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/08\/sack-rawlings-from-ndc-if-alhaji-bature\/","title":{"rendered":"Sack Rawlings from NDC if\u2026 – Alhaji Bature"},"content":{"rendered":"

A member of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Alhaji Bature has called on party to sack its founder, Jerry John Rawlings.<\/p>\n

This he said is because; some comments made by Rawlings before and after the 2016 general elections have brought the party into disrepute.<\/p>\n

\u201cPresident Nana Akufo-Addo and the NPP have demonstrated that nobody is beyond discipline in any political party. They took disciplinary action against high ranking members of their party and yet convincingly won the election. NDC can do the same, nobody is beyond sanctions in NDC, not Jerry Rawlings, not Martin Amidu. And if any founder of the party including Jerry Rawlings and Martin Amidu is bringing the name of the party into public ridicule and disrepute, they deserve to be hauled before party and sanctioned accordingly,\u201d he stressed on Eyewitness News on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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Alhaji Bature<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”auxkTfykqd6oHBs7qHJXoL3fRETifG1d”]Alhaji Bature who is also the Editor of the Alhaj newspaper made the call on the back of an article authored by former Deputy Chief of Staff, Dr. Valarie Sawyerr who took a jab<\/strong><\/a><\/span> at Jerry Rawlings and Martin Amidu.<\/p>\n

Dr. Sawyerr in her article said Rawlings was \u201cstill flogging a dead horse [NDC]\u201d although they are in opposition and further chastised him for praising President Akufo-Addo despite some scandals that has rocked the government.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey say he booms \u2026 I say he buzzes \u2026 like an agitated mosquito \u2026 looking for his next victim. Again, he heads for other Heads of State \u2026 describing their governance as riddled with corruption. Is he trying to say that his reign was unblemished or that his twin brother\u2019s (President Akufo-Addo) reign is unsullied? Really? Who born dog \u2026 in fact \u2026 who born monkey? JJ oooo JJ \u2026 the great Papa JJ \u2026 the one and only Junior Jesus \u2026 the great saint who never does wrong \u2026 you are still flogging a dead horse \u2026 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,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Mr. Bature on Eyewitness News<\/strong> insisted that Rawlings\u2019 clout in the NDC has waned drastically following his consistent critique of the party and any attempt to believe that he still has grip on the party is only an \u201cillusion.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe [Jerry Rawlings] has forfeited any legitimate right to remain the founder of the party. When the party ahead of 2012 election advertised that it was going to hold a rally at Mantse Agbona and he was the special guest, he issued a statement he is not going to a part of it because he has not been invited. Rawlings has forfeited his right to remain the founder of the NDC. Nobody is above discipline in any party,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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By: Godwin Akweiteh Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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