General News of Tuesday, 5 June 2018Source: 3news.comRawlings must stop celebrating June 4 – Boakye GyanMajor Osahene Boakye-Djan (Rtd)Spokesperson for the erstwhile Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) Major (rtd) Kojo Boakye Gyan has described a former president, Jerry John Rawlings, as a man of his words who only lacks the trait of being smart. According to Osaahene Boakye Gyan, who was speaking on 3FM’s Sunrise on Monday, it is wrong for Jerry Rawlings to mark the anniversary of the June 4 Revolution with celebrations annually. If he is smart and has taken the trouble to understand the import of June 4, he shouldn’t be celebrating the way he does it, because people died,” Major (rtd) Boakye Gyan said. Osaahene Boakye Gyan pointed out that the former president ought to be sympathizing over the lives lost during the revolution in 1979. It is wrong to celebrate.”He argued that by celebrating it, the former president is either terribly confused or just deliberately going about the anniversary the way he does yearly.

Source: GhanaWeb June 05, 2018 09:45 UTC