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| Wahab Adam (middle) during his visit to Annual Convention in London |
Source/Credit: Ghanaian Chronicle
ByGhanaian Chronicle | May 9, 2011
A FORMER District Chief Executive of the Sekyere East District, Mr. Kwadwo Adae has called for the appointment of a mediation team of eminent Ghanaians by the NDC hierarchy, to work for a truce between the former President, Mr. J. J. Rawlings and the incumbent, President John Atta Mills.
He has suggested that a mediation team be put together as soon as practicable by the party echelon, to put an end to the internal wrangling, which he described as 'a sad affair', before the fortunes of the party are affected at the 2012 elections.
The ex-DCE recommended Messrs Harry Sawyer, Dr. Mrs. Mary Grant, Ambassador Victor Gbeho, Nana Dr. S. K. B. Asante and the Ameer and Missionary of the Ahmadiyya Mission, Maulvi Wahab Adam, to be drafted to constitute the mediation team, because the former President has a lot of respect for them.
He said in an interview with The Chronicle that the mediators should look at preventing the two Gentlemen from making unguided statements or remarks against each other.
Adae noted that even though Mr. Rawlings had made unfair remarks about President Mills, he (Prof. Mills) should be careful not to retaliate.
According to him, Mr. Rawlings has sacrificed a lot for the NDC and would be needed now, more than any other time in the history of the party, and should not be provoked to the point of encouraging him to exit from the party he founded.
Ex-DCE Adae reminded both Mr. Rawlings and President Mills about the Swedru Declaration, which brought about some division among the NDC family, and to work for unity and peace to prevail in the party. 'After all, Mr. Rawlings brought the so-called 'bad nut' (Prof Mills) to the fold of the NDC', he said.
Mr. Adae repeated his call on the party hierarchy to tap into the strengths of the three most important personalities in party's leadership, namely Mr. Rawlings, Prof. Mills and Veep Mahama to win the 2012 elections massively.
He noted that the NDC won the last elections because of the personality of President Mills, the charisma of Mr. Rawlings and the leadership traits of the Veep, Mr. John Mahama.
According to the ex-DCE Adae, Prof. Mills' level of education and experience coupled with fear of God made him an uncompromising leader.
He described former President Rawlings as charismatic, who pulls the crowd wherever he goes, while the Veep is simply seen as a fine gentleman, hence the need for party elders to make contact with the three and dialogue with them.
'It is very important that they (the trio) come together to champion the cause of the NDC because anything short of a united front would be suicidal for the party', Mr. Adae said.
He said the reality is that Mr. Rawlings is not on good terms with the Veep, who is perceived as the source of Rawlings' hatred for Prof. Mills.
Mr. Adae said the way forward to NDC's success at Election 2012, is for the three to come together. He also suggested that the utterances to the effect that the NDC does not belong to any one particular person must stop. 'It is true, but it is not good for the party at this time', he cautioned.
Mr. Adae, a long time ally and regular visitor of the Rawlingses, said it would be appropriate and prudent if the mediators could work fast and prevail on Mr. Rawlings to discourage Nana Konadu from contesting the party's flagbearership, against the sitting President.
He said if Mrs. Rawlings is not stopped, it would spell the doom of the NDC, explaining 'It will be a disaster for the party, because Nana Konadu cannot poll more than 20% of votes at the elections, and this will definitely affect the image of the Rawlingses'.
Mr. Adae noted that two and a half years in governance is a short period to conclude that the president has not fared well.
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