JJ to be put on trial - NDC official

A top ranking member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. Jerry Acquaye Thompson has warned that if the NPP wins the 2008 elections they would put former President Jerry Rawlings on trial.

He urged his party to be aware of the possible consequences that await them if the party does not win the 2008 elections.

Mr. Thompson who is the Greater Accra Regional Organiser said that even though victory for the NDC is clearly written on the walls and in the minds of Ghanaians, if the unexpected happens and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) wins the elections, they would prosecute former President Jerry John Rawlings in 2010.

The year 2010 is the period when the indemnity clause in the 1992 Constitution expires.

According to him knowing the vindictiveness of the NPP and the fact that they harbour hatred for the former President and founder of the NDC, they would put him on trial after the expiration so as to destroy the party.

The Regional Organiser gave the warning over the weekend at a get-together organised at the Ablekuma Central Constituency by one of the party?s defeated Parliamentary aspirants, Mr. Godslove Quaye. The function was attended by other defeated candidates and the Regional Chairman, Daniel Annang.

He said, ?If the NDC cannot win the 2008 general elections, then we have a problem. The party would disintegrate. The NPP would put our former President on trial because after 2010, the indemnity clause would be over and that is why we need to work hard to win to the elections.?

He was of the view that if the NDC could increase its votes in the region by 5%, victory would be assured.

He therefore, urged members of the NDC to close their ranks, work together devoid of bickering, acrimony and disunity so they can win the upcoming elections.

Also at the function, Joseph Nii Laryea Afoley Agbo, The NDC Member of Parliament for Kpong Katamanso, said the masses are crying for the return of the NDC because they are suffering too much under the NPP.