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An Aide to President J.E.A. Mills and Parliamentary candidate for the NDC in the Odododiodoo constituency, Nii Lantey Vanderpuije, has strongly hit back at claims by founder of the party, Jerry John Rawlings that the current administration is full of self-seeking politicians saying the ex-president should look no further than within his own office for those he describes as �greedy bastards�. Ex President Rawlings on Tuesday fired another salvo at the Mills-led NDC administration accusing the government of appointing people who are not �genuinely minded, NDC spirited, NDC-hearted people and want to destroy the party in favour of something else�. An incensed Rawlings accused the government of losing its sense of political morality and moral high-ground by monetizing everything and wondered how the party intends winning power having departed from the values that sustained its political success. Addressing hundreds of sympathizers of the 31st December revolution during the 30th anniversary celebration of the formation of the 31st December Women�s Movement which was named after the May 15 uprising where Mr Rawlings led a group of soldiers in an abortive attempt to overthrow the Supreme Military Council on May 15, 1979, the former president indirectly described the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) as "perceived enemies" whiles labeling the ruling government as a "traitor". "How can the government in its desire to hold onto political power demean itself in such a crass manner? Can we sustain hope and strength in this depraved political atmosphere?...We have always had to fight against one �enemy� or opposition. If they can behave in a civil way it will be fair to call them opposition but seeing how they rounded up and jailed innocent people and killed others can we be wrong to sometimes describe them as enemies?...This time, however, we are fighting against two enemies � one the perceived enemy and the other one the traitor. We cannot fight both at the same time and therefore one has to go," the former president said. But Nii Lantey sharply disagreed with the party�s founder and posited that the traitors are all over the former President, feeding him with lies.