JJ has not warned against celebration of May 15 -NDC

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Friday said former President Jerry Rawlings has not warned cadres of the Progressive Voluntary Organisations to desist from celebrating the May 15 uprising.

In a statement issued in Accra, the NDC said the former president has never met any group of cadres after leaving office as alleged by an Accra private newspaper.

"The NDC wishes also to state emphatically that the party of which the former President is the leader and founder still stands by the principles of May 15, June 4 and 31st December Revolution, that is probity, accountability and attainment of grassroots democracy...and will continue to work towards these principles..."

On May 15, 1979, former President Rawlings who was a Flight Lieutenant in the Air Force was arrested with a group of airmen for mutiny.

The reading of his statement during a court martial catapulted him onto the political landscape as he was sprung from jail on June 4, 1979 to lead a revolution.