“Sunday polls, liberation of Ghanaians”

  1. Posted on Friday 5 December 2008 - 10:04
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    Joseph Appiah-Dolphyne, AfricaNews editor in Accra, Ghana
    Ex-President Jerry John Rawlings said next Sunday will be a day to liberate Ghanaians from imprisonment by the NPP as the country goes to the polls to elect a new president and parliamentarians. He said the elections will free the citizenry from eight years of hardship on utilities and high school fees.
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    The former president was addressing the largest opposition party, the National Democratic Congress supporters at a rally in Kumasi to round off the party’s campaign in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.

    Enthused by the large crowd the ex-president, accompanied by his wife Nana Konadu, charged TV stations covering the event to report what they witnessed.

    He described the elections as the most honourable fight without arms in the lives of Ghanaians since June 4th 1979, and called on the electorate to go to the polls without hesitation.

    According to him, Ghana has a herculean task to perform after what he describes as NPP’s oppressors’ rule with Sunday’s election as the key.

    He minced no words in accusing NPP officials of corruption.

    Rawlings predicted victory for the NDC and appealed to Ghanaians to remain calm to ensure violent-free elections.

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  1. Posted on Saturday 06 December 2008 23:58
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    Lid sinds December 2008

    Rawlings needs to retire. How is one person so power hungry. He was the one who imprisoned Ghana and destroyed its economy. NDC might have a good candidate to rule the country but as long as 'Rawling the tyrant' lives, the party should be kept out of office.

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