"...My wife is still standing where she is, cut off from our party that she was very responsible in building up because it became corrupted from Mills’ time,” he told the Guardian Newspaper in an interview.
Former president Rawlings
Mrs Rawlings broke away from the NDC after she was defeated in the NDC’s presidential primary.
She later formed the NDP in the lead up to the 2012 general elections but she was unable to contest in the polls.
According to Jerry Rawlings, his wife would have stayed if the late President Mills had dealt with corrupt practices in the party.
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“…I can do is to critique and advocate for my people. I can’t hide it. And I believe that was how I won the respect from the larger populace, from both sides of the political divide. I have remained principled. My wife is still standing where she is, cut off from our party that she was very responsible in building up because it became corrupted from Mills’ time,” he told the Guardian Newspaper in an interview.
Jerry Rawlings believes the current situation, if not checked, could spell the fortunes of the NDC in the upcoming polls.
“We now fight on the terms of the opposition or the main opposition party [NPP]. Fortunately for them, they have a leader who is not known for messing around with material things. The situation is so bad. So unfortunate!”
“All I can do is speak up. I find myself in a situation where I have moral responsibility and no executive authority. I would have wished that my moral authority could have the same influence. But that is not the case, corruption has infiltrated our institutions and their leaders so badly today that they use some kind of lens to demonstrate that you can keep your moral authority, but this is executive power at work,” he added.
