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Regional news for Tuesday, December 1, 2020
Source: GNA
2020-12-01
Albert Kojo Pinto, a senior cadre and other members at the press conference
The Progressive Forces of the Democratic National Congress (NDC) will celebrate the revolution of December 31, 1981 in honor of former President Jerry John Rawlings.
The Progressive Forces are made up of various party groupings, including the United Cadres Front, the June 4 Movement, the December 31 Women’s Movement, NYOC, and ACDR.
Albert Kojo Pinto, a senior cadre, announced this at a press conference with a memorial service honoring the late former president who died on November 12, 2020 at Korle Bu University Hospital in Accra.
The program was on the subject; “Unity of progressive forces in the fight for social justice and accountability”.
Mr. Pinto noted that “we will do so because we firmly believe that President Rawlings himself would have wanted us, even as we cry, to look beyond his individual life and remain committed to creating a future for our country.”
“I would have wanted in death (as in life) to continue to provide a prism for evaluating national values and national direction. Jerry would have wanted us, in his honor, to start a retrospective to help us define the future we all must face without him, “he added.
He added that the revolution was not about Rawling’s personal or political ambitions, but rather a necessary national corrective process, hence the need to uphold the principles of probity, responsibility, social justice, and grassroots participatory democracy that he defended. .
“It was, in essence, a movement to restore order and social justice, revive traditional values such as integrity and responsibility, and revive the possibility of development for all.”
Fritz Baffour, a prominent NDC member and former Ablekuma South Member of Parliament, expressed his joy at the Progressive Forces determination to continue the work and principles of the late former President Rawlings, whom he described as an icon.
Baffour said they were working together to ensure that the principles of responsibility, probity and social justice prevailed in the country.
It said that that void was what its founder came to fill, hence the need for the Forces to work hard to ensure that Ghana does not return to its past, indicating that they will ensure that their vision is not lost through awareness raising, teaching of the young people and spreading the ideas of the former president.
Eric Bortey, a founding member of the June 4 Movement, also reiterated the need to celebrate the Revolution.
“We have promised to uphold the principles of Jerry that he brought to the politics of Ghana by celebrating what remains, celebrating June 4 and December 31, we do not want anyone to recognize us but we will celebrate them because without these principles this Republic would not do it. ‘I have traveled so far ”.
Bortey said that JJ Rawlings did not die with the principles, as he recounted some fond memories of him starting a 40-acre farm in Katamanso and emphasizing that they decided to celebrate it there because that was the birthplace of the revolution.
Mr Joesph Nii Laryea Afotey Agbo, MP from Kpone-Katamanso, also praised the late former president, saying he was a father and mentor, and credited him for his success in politics.
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