Takoradi, June 06, GNA - Baba Jamal, the Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has said the high sense of dedication, honesty and patriotism inculcated in the Ghanaian society during the era of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) was unparalleled in the history of the country.

He called on members of the June Four Movement (JFM) to be proud of their association with the movement that made the people to "wake up from their slumber" and free themselves from deceit and oppression. Referring to the NPP, he said, "They are always talking about so called mistakes and atrocities of June four and the NDC but they are now committing worse mistakes".

Baba Jamal said the government has failed because it had not achieved what it promised the electorate and cost of living had become unbearable for many Ghanaians.

He said the only way to wrestle political power from the NPP was to unite solidly behind the NDC to enable it to win the 2008 elections. To achieve this, he said, there was absolute unity and peace among the national executives of the NDC and this should permeate the rank and file of the party.

"You are the last hope for the salvation of the country, however, you will be wasting your time if you fail to unite and rather fight among yourselves."

Mrs Anita Desosoo, the Deputy National Propaganda Secretary, recounted "the rot" in the system that precipitated the June 04 uprising and said the government had not learnt any lessons from it. She rejected the notion that the NDC was a violent party, saying, "We are not a violent party but sometimes we need to punish wrong doing".

Mrs Desosoo appealed to NDC members to remain loyal to the party and not to be carried away by deceit and vein promises by the NPP and disenchanted former members of the NDC.

Mr Seidu Adamu, a former Deputy Western Regional Minister, said corruption and other vices that led to the June 04 uprising were gradually crippling into the society.

Mrs Esther Lily Nkansah, a former Western Regional Minister, said NDC needed unity and peace among its rank and file to enable it to win the 2008 elections.