Mr.
Kofi Adams, the Deputy General Secretary of the ruling National Democratic
Congress (NDC), is certainly a fine gentleman, and indeed a great personality,
admire by many in the umbrella family, but he may soon loose those commendable
credentials as a young politician if he continues the ugly path of darkness he
is curving for himself on crucial issues of national interest.
This
young politician, who has undoubtedly done a lot of good work for the party
during the harsh and terrible conditions of the NPP administration, has been
critical on his own government. That is fine with us.
But
this disagreement over policy issues should not lead to disrespect to the
President. Mr. Adams outburst against
President John Evans Atta Mills’ decisive action on the embattled former
Attorney General and minister of justice, Martin Amidu is nothing short of a
gross disrespect to the President and his office.
Ghana
and the NDC as well as the government have over the past two weeks been thrown
into a state of embarrassment, following the naked allegation spewed out by
former A-G, who has the powers to prosecute criminals in the country.
For
weeks, Martin Amidu’s reckless statement accusing a colleague minister and the
pro-NDC newspapers of being behind a ‘gargantuan crimes’ has taken over the
airwaves and the opponent of the government are scoring great political capital
out of it.
How
on earth could the sacked A-G boasted that president begged him four times
before he accepted the position?
“I
wish core members and supporters of the NDC who cherish the principles and
ideas upon which the party was founded to know that the attacks against me
which started in the Daily Post publications of the 3rd January 2012 were
planned by a colleague Minister of State, who perceived that my integrity and
professionalism as a lawyer was a threat to the concealment of gargantuan
crimes against the people of Ghana in which they might be implicated. An alibi
was consequently created on 30th December 2012 to unleash the gullible section
of the NDC press on me by the leakage of official documents from my ministry
through the perverse section of a rented NDC press to the pubic beginning the
3rd of January 2012.

That has back fired because the leaked official documents by the Daily Post;
the Informer; the National Democrat; the Ghanaian Lens; etc have rather
inadvertently supported my honesty and integrity in public office and my call
for the prosecution of criminals regardless of their political party
colorations or their social status.

As for the section of the rented NDC press calling for my removal or dismissal
from office, I wish to assure them that I never begged to be appointed
Attorney-General: I opposed it on four separate occasions. That criminal
section of the NDC press should be assured that I am ready, able and willing
for that eventuality. The inescapable fact is that at the end of the day truth
will prevail over falsehood in the Republic of Ghana.

I do not fear for my personal safety in a cause I have fought for since I was
30 years old. I am now over 60 years and count myself lucky if I pay the
ultimate sacrifice which my compatriots paid in 1979 and 1981 belatedly in the
regime of the third NDC Government”, sacked Martin Amidu noted in his infamous
press statement.


With
the seriousness of the allegations by Martin Amidu, President Mills provided a
platform for the sacked A-G to substantiate the allegations, but he failed and
showed his ugly character of disrespect to the president leading to his
dismissal.
Regrettably
and unfortunately Mr. Adams has joined the NPP in condemning the president for
the supposed experienced lawyer, Martin Amidu, who has brought the party into a
state of disrepute.