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Rawlings, Amidu and Konadu plotting to take over NDC
The three are believed to have begun plans to take over the control and leadership of the party in order to prevent former president John Mahama from leading the party towards Election 2020.
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The three are believed to have begun plans to take over the control and leadership of the party in order to prevent former president John Mahama from leading the National Democratic Congress (NDC) towards Election 2020.
Members of the NDC recently witnessed weeks of on-air mudslinging, finger pointing and accusations about how the 2016 campaign was prosecuted.
The Botchwey Committee was set up to offer party members the opportunity to give reasons for the party's defeat.
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Sources at the Ridge and Adjiriganor residences of Mr Rawlings have told the aL-hAJJ newspaper that the former military leader, his wife and Mr Amidu and other like-minds are ready to launch scathing attacks on the immediate-past president, Mr John Mahama.
The source said they are, however, awaiting the Prof Kwesi Botchwey committee to submit its findings and recommendations to the National Executive Committee before they strike.
“I can tell you that the old man (Mr Rawlings), madam (Mrs Rawlings), Martin and others have been meeting and they have agreed that soon after Kwesi and his people submit their report, old man will start touring the regions to talk to our supporters,” the source said.
Another source indicated that Mr Rawlings “saw the party’s defeat at the polls as golden opportunity to take over control of the NDC. So the first strategy is to plot the defeat of all current executives who are not in their good books and plant their favorites there.”
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“When they get their preferred candidates to occupy the leadership positions by which time their assigns would have succeeded in denting the image of Mahama, it would be easy to determine who leads the party into the 2020 elections,” the source said.
He added that “They are considering two sects of tickets…one is Martin Amidu and Goosie Tanoh as flag bearer and running and the other is Kwesi Ahwoi and Martin Amidu. The Kwesi Ahwoi and Martin Amidu ticket has not been concluded on because that will be dependent on whether the Ahwois will agree to team up with the Rawlings camp to fight Mahama.”
The source also indicated that should the Ahwoi camp turn down a request to team up with the Rawlings camp, the latter will “present Martin Amidu as flag bearer at congress and when he wins, Goosie Tanoh will be nominated as running mate.”
In the run-up to the 2016 election, Mrs Rawlings who broke away from the NDC to form her own party, labelled accusations on members of the NDC, calling them corrupt and undeserving to lead the country.
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There were also allegations that Mr Rawlings and Mr Amidu were hitting hard at the Mahama administration in order to get it out of power and enable them to take over leadership of the party.
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