Arrest Rawlings if - Goosie

The National Reform Party (NRC) flagbearer for the 2000 general elections, Goosie Tandoh has said ex-President Rawlings should be arrested and prosecuted if there is enough evidence that he committed any crime against the state when he was in office, reports the Evening News.

He said the notion among some Ghanaians that the ex-President should not be touched or was above the law should not be entertained. “The Law should take its own course. However, it will be a disservice to democracy if he is arrested on the basis of mere speculation,” he is quoted telling the paper in an interview at a weekend.

He made it clear that ex-President Rawlings is a Ghanaian and that the law must be applied to him just like any other citizen of the land. But, he stressed that as a former Head of State, the ex-President deserves the needed courtesy and due respect.