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National Women�s Organizer of the governing NDC, Madam Anita De Souza, has boldly articulated to ex-president Jerry John Rawlings, that the NDC will no longer swallow everything he says hook, line and sinker, stressing that �the time of breast-feeding is past� as this is the �time of adulthood�. Her remark was in reference to the general acquiescence albeit grudgingly by the party hierarchy to then President Rawlings� unilaterally announcement of Prof Mills as the �chosen� one to be the NDC�s flagbearer in his Rawlings� stead. The repercussion of Mr. Rawlings� decision, according to Madam Anita De Souza, was the mass defections by some leading figures of the NDC leading to the defeat suffered at the hands of the NPP in the 2000 General Elections. �We have learnt from this mistake, and we don�t want to repeat it,� she added. Speaking in an interview on X-fm�s Morning Show dubbed �Big Bite�, the NDC�s National Women�s Organizer said she is very much convinced that President Mills would win both the July 8th congress and the 2012 general elections. �The first victorious hurdle the president will clear would be over Mrs. Konadu,� she predicted. It is on record that Mr Rawlings openly stated during the launch of his wife's presidential campaign that he would not offer his support to President Mills, should he win the July 8th congress, because he believes he will lose the 2012 general elections.