Former President Jerry John Rawlings and the NDC have today marked the 38th anniversary of the 31st December coup. The event which was held in Winneba today had a line up of dignitaries from the opposition NDC party.
The likes of Ex-President John Dramani Mahama, Brigadier General Nunoo Mensah, NDC General Secretary Johnson Asiedu Nketia and Local Organizing Committee Chairman, Mike Hammah all graced the occasion.
In his speech to mark the day, Former President Rawlings criticised people whom he said have “deliberately spent huge resources sponsoring a distortion of history based on outright lies, half-truths and the rendition by cowards who run away during those heady days.”
According to him, “An important lesson in history is going to be lost on this nation because a handful of warped minds, full of hate and bitterness are being paid to distort and cover up events in our history with callous stories and lies.
“Why do we sit and allow these perfidious characters to get away with these lies and deceitful machinations through the power of the media all to the detriment of the nation?” he quizzed.
The occasion was also marked with a wreath-laying ceremony for all fallen heroes in the cause of the revolution.
