Politics of Friday, 5 June 2020Source: www.ghanaweb.comToday in History: Rawlings explains why he doesn't criticise Akufo-Addo's governmentFormer President Jerry John Rawlings and President Akufo-AddoDuring the 39th commemoration of the June 4, Uprising, former President Jerry John Rawlings posited reasons why his usually critical voice on sitting presidents including former Presidents Mills and Mahama had not been heard over the two-year tenure of the Akufo-Addo government. Read the full article as first published by starrfm.com.gh:Former President John Jerry Rawlings says the constant lies being peddled by some members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) about his family makes it difficult for him to criticise the current administration. The former president has been a harsh critic of the party he founded under the late President John Evans Atta Mills and later President John Mahama. Background of the June 4 revolutionThe revolution sparked when the then military government of the Supreme military Council (SMC II) of General F K. Akuffo put then flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings on public trial for attempting to overthrow the government on May 15th 1979. This happened because Rawlings was a junior soldier in the Ghanaian Army who with other soldiers were refused to be given their salaries.

Source: GhanaWeb June 05, 2020 12:00 UTC