Dr Kwabena Adjei, a former National Democratic Congress (NDC) national chairman, has criticsed what he said was former President Jerry Rawlings’ constant media outbursts.
He said some of Rawlings statements to the media have impacted the NDC negatively and also made the former president less popular.
Kwabena Adjei was speaking on Accra-based Starr FM.
He said although he admired Rawlings and held him in high esteem, his media outbursts do not augur well for his image.
“I admired him for the roles he played as a leader, he was very strategic as a leader. And he was very committed to this nation. But later on, his outburst made him less popular than he ought to be.
“I’m somebody who does not shy from the media, I know how to use the media. If you over use the media…there are so many people outside there who are going to find fault with what you have said and then degrade you; that is his problem.
He has to come to terms with the fact that we are in an information and knowledge era and so you don’t to people, you talk with people,†said
In the same interview, Kwabena Adjei said that the NDC lost the elections because the party voted him out and elected Kofi Portuphy as national chairman.
He said from the moment he was voted, he knew the NDC was going to lose power.
“I wasn’t surprised [the NDC lost]…because when they [delegates] voted me out in Kumasi they voted the party out. It was a done deal [that the NPP will win]. I am not superstitious but I came to the party with my own style…and I had a way of relating to the people.â€
According to him, though the ground was not so fertile for the NDC, former President Mahama's "handlers misled him because they were inexperienced.Â
"John Mahama did his best but I think he should have listened more to the cry of the people of Ghana", he added.