NDC Germany Chapter Deeply Saddened by the Passing of Rawlings  

The late Jerry John Rawlings

November 14, 2020//-The NDC Germany Chapter is deeply saddened by the passing of the Founder of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Flight-Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings (Rtd) at the age of 73.

Former president Rawlings died in the early hours of Thursday, November 12, 2020 at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, Ghana after short illness.

In a press release issued and signed by the Secretary of the NDC Germany Chapter, Jerome Kpan, it said: “It is very difficult to come to terms with this development, considering that he looked well and heartily a few weeks ago when he saw his mother off”.

The press release described Mr Rawlings as “an institution on his own and a major block in the 4th Constitutional Republic of Ghana. He stood for the truth and worked for the interest of the masses”.

He stood for a free and democratic society. His motivation for public service was for the public good. He selflessly and relentlessly fought nepotism and graft. Ghana owes her current democratic credentials as a peaceful and stable democracy to H.E. Flight-Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings (Rtd)”.

He is unmatched in the fight against corruption, as he made it a high-risk activity under his watch. Ghana moved from military to democratic rule in 1992 with Flight Lieutenant Rawlings as president. This marked the great signs that Ghana was consolidating as a liberal democracy with certain national institutions been strengthened and made more independent, Mr Kpan wrote in the press release.

“His death has come at a critical point in history where Ghana’s democratic credentials have been deemed. Nepotism, cronyism, and corruption have become the order of the day”.

“While we offer our deepest condolences to his family, NDC Germany Chapter wish to remind our fellow party members that we owe it a sacred duty to uphold and defend the values of the 4th Republic that former president Rawlings, the Founder of our great party, held so dear to his heart – peace, probity, and accountability. We must do everything possible to win the upcoming elections to his honour”.

Ghana and Africa have indeed lost a genuine political icon, the release concluded.

Meanwhile, two books of condolence have been opened by the government and the NDC prelude to his funeral arrangement and subsequent burial in Accra or his hometown in the Volta Region of Ghana.

African Eye Report

 

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