NDC has rid Ghana of corruption?

The Ghanaian Chronicle reports Professor Kofi Awoonor, a Presidential Staffer, as justifing the 1979 mutiny and the 1981 coup led by Flt-Lt J.J. Rawlings, saying the two events saved the economy from recession and rid the Ghanaian society of corruption.

"Since the objective of these coups had now been achieved with the improvement of the economy and the entrenchment of democracy, there is no need for any future overthrow of government", he is quoted as saying. The paper says Pro. Awoonor was speaking on "The role of government in the attainment of Vision 2020" at a day?s seminar organised by the Takoradi Polytechnic branch of the Tertiary Education Institutional Network (TEIN) of the NDC in Takoradi.

The Chronicle observes that Prof. Awoonor?s declaration comes less than a week after President Rawlings had expressed doubts about the survival of multi-party democracy in Ghana.