Ghana's Greats: Jerry John Rawlings - Hotline Documentary on Joy News (27-1-21) 

you don't know what you've just said..you are ignorantly praising crime..

The biggest neocolonial political crime of all time in West Africa

Know his cowardice b4'a note

Who can you think off, the rest were dictators.

SAVING A COUNTRY which was in Elections so to have mother's caned on streets for selling at high prices is saving people from hell. He sent GHANAIANS there killing houseless Odartey, Nursing Koranteng and would not use his position to bring calm....

Learn history

What did he do A dictator who could not do 2 lanes between 2 cities because he was sending the gold to Switzerland to be sold for Konadu

@@yawbee7711 He even admitted he knew nothing about government. He was simply a propagandist and only managed to rule by being more vicious than all the people before him.

​@@yawbee7711why are you so bitter about this man ? 😂😂😂 what did the one you are supporting do for Ghana ?

He was not bold

Then pls ask those who call for ghana democracy this question.

Say that to the taxi driver who was killed for driving near his mother

Killing for fear of brave Afrifa and others is pure cowardice

Killing general???

Respect is killing the Generals like Odartey who had not acquired nothing

​@@yawbee7711 this is not something new and leaders now adays do this till today, mmmmchhhheewwww

Augustine Andoh That's cause ghanaians don't understand politics, or most systems, they never did. Rawlings committed a coup like the rest of them and was just as corrupt and worse, a dictator. There's nothing special about him. He just ruled long enough to get credit for democracy.

I don't think you lost anybody.

Lilibert Nyasunu Revolution for what? He just sat up there and became a dictator. And only fools forgive unrepentant people. That makes you an enabler of evil not a saint. Even though you'd like to make it seem that way. People should feel the heaviness and sorrow of what he did. Where is this forgiveness attitude in everyday life? It's only brought up for certain people

@James Hanson ... pls tell me about it

@@fiifijnr4666 that he commited treason That he was an illégal citizen, that he was suppose to go to prison instead of becoming president. That the PNDC was never investigated. That he sold state enterprises and for nineteen years he could not replace even one of them. That he killed people for nothing and protected himself with the indemnite clause. These are some of his legacies. We are a failed nation.

@@jameshanson5561 People like you are the very type who don’t want the development of a nation. Yes he did so many bad things. He wasn’t a saint. He wasn’t perfect, no one is perfect. We can say he did a lot of bad things due to how they gained power. Jst name a country led by a coupe regime doing well for the country. None. So let’s appreciate him for the good he did even though he made a lot of mistakes as a leader.

@@forevermine8008i hope you are naive and i am stupid. In the history of coup d'états in ghana, they all have slogan "" CURRUPTION "" and when they seize power, they do worse than ever.in 1979, rawlings and his people lined up generals and former heads of states and killed them because they were currupt and the two heads of states were accused of treason punishable by death. He wasn't a ""SAINT "" as you said so why come back in 1981??????. For all the leaders who came before rawlings, none of them tempered with state property Rawlings sold all of them instead of improving upon them. For 19 years in office, he could't replace even one of them. To close our eyes we say he was not a saint. What a stupid nation we are. When JJ RAWLINGS started getting ill , first was his wife,who was on medical attention in switzerland. Then rawlings himself did go on medical treatment in switzerland using a name called """PAUL GYAMFI "" but some of you simply refuse to consult your brains that is why ghana is a failed nation today. Can you tell me what rawlings did for ghana ?.The percentage given to ghana's natural resources at Acheampong's era was 51% but the former head of state was killed like a dog "" excuse my words and with all respect for the family "" if you know of a project that rawlings brought or did in ghana that Kwame nkrumah had not already done let me know. We are a failed nation today.

@@jameshanson5561 , You're too bitter. How could you say that a .man who ruled Ghana for almost 20 years did not accomplished anything. Unbelievable. Even, with the projects we saw him executing in this particular video with Ghanaians. Yet,you said he did nothing. Moreso, what's the state of the country he inherited in terms of it's economy, foreign and external reserves, debt profile, the level of internally generated revenue, the level of workforce etc. For instance, Ghana was almost on the verge of bankruptcy when he took over. Probably, with less or no savings left to run the country and maybe the amount of debt own. He might inherit funds that can just sustain only the workforce and not to finance infrastructural development and maybe unable to obtain loan from international monetary institutions due to funds previously owed by Ghana or nothing can be placed by Ghana as collateral or he might think is needless to gamble with Ghana assert and future as collaterals, then he'll depend only on internally generated revenue to be running the country. And in such situations, the most important thing will be to keep the country afloat to ensure it doesn't collapse. While, trying to explore other avenues to raise funds that will be used to finance other developmental projects. And if such opportunity fail to come then youll realized that to keep such country afloat for almost 20 years without a complete collapse is one of the greatest accomplishment. Bcos not only that he stabilised the country but he has also laid a solid foundation for rapid economic growth whenever the opportunity arises..Though,he might no longer be the President then. Furthermore, those he executed was for corruption and failed coup attempt. The latter is lawful and constitutional. So how did he committed a crime for the execution of coup plotters,, an action backed by the constitution. Then on corruption. I'll love and support African countries to ensure that Corruption is punishable by death. Either death by hanging or public execution. China is developed, advanced, wealthy and a superpower due to the fact that corruption is death penalty. That's the precedent JJ Rawlings wanted to set but we Africans fail to emulate that, just like China bcos we so much attach value to life even when it is detrimental to our very existence as human beings. Am sorry my comments is overly long,I just want to break it down in layman's language. Thanks and God bless you.

kofi Ghana tv You need some taxes for you country to function to any reasonable degree. All that free education and roads have to be paid for. You things for free and not suffer for it even though nothing in the world comes for free

Yaw Bee That's leadership for ghanaians 😁😁 Theatrics and looking like 'jesus' cause he was mixed. Even if he kills you

You are a hater