{"id":353978,"date":"2017-09-16T13:17:29","date_gmt":"2017-09-16T13:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=353978"},"modified":"2017-11-10T11:22:52","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T11:22:52","slug":"ndc-must-restore-its-integrity-before-2020-rawlings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/09\/ndc-must-restore-its-integrity-before-2020-rawlings\/","title":{"rendered":"NDC must restore its integrity before 2020 &#8211; Rawlings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Founder of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Jerry John Rawlings, believes his party\u00a0must redeem its\u00a0image in the eyes of Ghanaians if it is to stand a chance in 2020\u00a0elections.<\/p>\n<p>Coming off its comprehensive defeat in the 2016 elections, Mr. Rawlings said a cleanup and the &#8220;restoration of our integrity&#8221; is paramount.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;RKqnsnhjunaZI2HfBGdL5CD4asmT0Gew&#8221;]&#8221;We don\u2019t like to hear it, but I keep repeating it. We have to go back and seize the moral high ground and I believe we know what we have to do,&#8221; he said in an interview with TV3 news.<\/p>\n<p>The former president was clarifying his earlier statement suggesting it would be impossible for the NDC to win back power from the New Patriotic Party in the 2020 elections.<\/p>\n<p>He said he held the best interest of the NDC, as far as the 2020\u00a0elections were concerned, but questioned the\u00a0readiness of the NDC \u00a0to effect the needed changes to win power.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I would very much want to see the NPP beaten, but do we have what it takes? Do we have the capacity to be able to wrestle power from them? That is the issue we should be addressing. We should be looking at this question a lot more seriously than we have done so far.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We know what we have to do, but I don\u2019t think we are prepared to confront it or that is what I have noticed about some of our people,\u201d Mr. Rawlings stated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Involving the grassroots<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The former President has never shied away from criticising the hierarchy of the party he founded, especially for straying from its core values of probity and accountability, and instead allowing room for corruption.<\/p>\n<p>Having previously called for a <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/06\/04\/rawlings-calls-for-complete-overhaul-of-ndc\/\">complete overhaul<\/a><\/strong><\/span> of the NDC, he stressed that the party needed to turn to the grassroots, as it puts in place strategies for the 2020\u00a0elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026Let\u2019s give the party back to them [the grassroots], they are the ones who actually make it possible to win or lose elections, let\u2019s respect their views,\u201d he\u00a0advised.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Duke Mensah Opoku\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Founder of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Jerry John Rawlings, believes his party\u00a0must redeem its\u00a0image in the eyes of Ghanaians if it is to stand a chance in 2020\u00a0elections. 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