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The managing editor of the New Crusading Guide newspaper Malik Kweku Baako Jnr., has implicitly accused ex-president Jerry John Rawlings and his wife, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings as being responsible for the never ending woes of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). The seasoned journalist was sharing his opinion on the issue relating to how things keep falling apart between the current leadership of the NDC and their founder, Mr Rawlings. His comments were in line with the rise of the National Democratic Party (NDP) which many considered as a breakaway party from the NDC and founded by the Rawlingses. On Saturday 13th October, 2012, Former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, was unanimously endorsed as the flagbearer of the NDP for the December 7 elections by the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the NDP after she went unopposed at the party's congress held in Kumasi. But speaking prior to the NDP congress on Metro TV�s flagship programme �Good Morning Ghana�, Mr. Baako descended heavily on Mrs. Rawlings, describing her as a person �who is another baggage altogether� and surrounded by a �myth�. Mr. Baako cited June 4th 1979 as where the whole mystery of the former first lady began. According to him, the explosiveness of June 4th era was such that �there was no way Mrs. Rawlings could involve herself in AFRC affairs�. �Take that from me, it is not true (she involved herself)�she had absolutely nothing to do with the scheme of affairs. Three months, the explosiveness was too huge she dare not come near there! �she didn�t create 31st December Women Movement. The true story is there, the people are there and some of them are dead�they created a whole myth around her and her movement and add it to the (Mr.) Rawlings� factor, it became problematic for the NDC as a party in transition�, Mr. Baako pontificated.