Be bold and petition against Rawlings – Anyidoho tells Victor Smith

The deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Koku Anyidoho has challenged Victor Smith to be bold and file a petition against former President JJ Rawlings.

The former Ghana High Commissioner to the United Kingdom said in a recent interview that it would be unfair for the leadership of the NDC to discipline former Attorney General Martin Amidu for comments he made against the party, without same to the founder.

“Personally, I think it will be difficult that the party leadership will summon Martin Amidu over his utterances that bring the party into disrepute without calling on ex-President Rawlings. You can’t call one party stalwart and leave the other that will be really bad. We need to look for a better way of dealing with this situation,” Smith told Accra based Kasapa FM.

According to him, no one in the NDC is above its laws thus the need to discipline the founder for his scathing criticisms of former president John Mahama and the leadership of the party.

But speaking Wednesday on Accra-based Class FM, Anyidoho challenged the former Eastern Regional Minister to initiate the disciplinary process against Rawlings.

“…Two people petition in the case of Martin Amidu. So, Ambassador [Victor] Smith be man enough and also petition against Jerry Rawlings if you are so passionate that [he] must be punished. Just be man enough and petition against Jerry Rawlings then we will work on it,” he dared.

“If Victor Smith you have personal issues with President Rawlings that is between you and President Rawlings. But you don’t hide behind the personal issues and be hitting at National Executives as if we don’t know what we are doing. So Ambassador Smith be bold enough and petition against President Rawlings,” he added.