"Rawlings must stop crying wolf" - Kweku Baako

Kweku Baako Jnr, Editor of The Crusading Guide and a known critic of former President Jerry John Rawlings, has expressed surprise at recent statements reportedly made by the ex-President in Kumasi and during an encounter with the out-going US Ambassador, Kathryn Dee Robinson.

“Mr. Rawlings really doesn’t cease to amaze me. How could he be talking about the truth, perversion of justice and human sensibilities without hurting his own conscience?

“It is intriguing but it is politically and downright hypocrisy. He must stop crying wolf”, Baako charged.

According to The Dispatch, the state-owned Daily Graphic of August 25 reported the ex-President, as having told the NDC members in the Ashanti Region that “the arrogant disregard for human sensibilities and the persistent cowardly crucifixion of the truth currently going on in this country is resulting in serious perversion of justice.”

“The provocations, persecutions and abuses may get worse but with God and truth on our side, we shall prevail,” Rawlings was quoted as saying.

The Graphic on August 28 also reported ex-President as having told the outgoing US Ambassador to Ghana, Ms Kathryn Dee Robinson, during the latter’s courtesy call on him that “in matters of national interest, the truth is often being concealed by opponents of the former government, for their own political expediency.”

He reportedly cited the killing of women which preceded the last general elections, and said the matter should not be allowed to rest with the arrest of “just one or two sick people on the streets.”

In direct response to the call on the FBI “to get to the bottom of the blooded murders before the next elections,” Baako wondered why the linkage of the resolution of the mystery of the murders to the next elections.

“What exactly is Mr Rawlings imputing? Is he suggesting that there’s any material evidence that the serial killings were related to the out come of the last elections, can he come clear?” queried Baako.