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Stop blaming Rawlings, he didn't cause our defeat - Afotey Agbo
The Greater Accra regional director of the NDC argues that the founder’s absence from the campaign seriously affected the party’s chances at the polls.
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Afotey-Agbo argued that the former president offered enough advice to help the party retain power but most of them were not taken.
Speaking on Accra-based Citi FM he said former president Rawlings decided to be silent at a point and he could not be blamed for such a decision.
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“I don’t think the former president should be blamed for anything because this is somebody I’ve been with at a very close range and worked with and I don’t think he needed to be blamed for whatever situation we are in as at now. He gave us all the needed advice and signal, whatever it takes for us to remain in office. If at a point he kept quiet, he wasn’t coming out again, I don’t see why he should be blamed for whatever situation we are in now as a political party.”
He rather blamed some District Chief Executives who he said failed to offer the needed services to their constituents for their woeful defeat in the election.
“We cannot even blame anybody for our loss. If we had done things well at the various levels, if some DCEs had behaved well and had been on top, being at the service of the people when they were needed, I don’t think we will lose some of the seats especially in the Greater Accra Region and other parts of the country,” he added.
Afotey-Agbo was reacting to the assertion of the Greater Accra Regional Organizer of the NDC that former president Rawlings must be blamed for the party’s defeat in the 2016 general elections.
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Mr Anthony Nukpenu argues that the founder’s absence from the campaign seriously affected the party’s chances at the polls.
Nana Addo of the New Patriotic Party polled 5, 716,026 million votes representing 53.85 % to beat the incumbent president John Dramani Mahama who had 4, 713,277 million votes representing 44.40 %.
Many have already indicated that the absence of Mr Rawlings in the NDC’s campaign shows the level of disagreement between him and leaders of the party.
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