{"id":264772,"date":"2022-11-12T12:22:28","date_gmt":"2022-11-12T12:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gbcghanaonline.com\/?p=264772"},"modified":"2022-11-12T12:22:28","modified_gmt":"2022-11-12T12:22:28","slug":"jerry-john-rawlings-in-remembrance-two-years-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gbcghanaonline.com\/news\/politics\/jerry-john-rawlings-in-remembrance-two-years-on\/2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Jerry John Rawlings – In remembrance two years on"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ghanaians are today remembering the passing of former President <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jerry_Rawlings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerry John Rawlings<\/a>, who died on this day two years ago after a short illness at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>There was much grief and sorrow on that day as most Ghanaians received the news of the death of the former president with shock.<\/p>\n<p>Former President Rawlings is best remembered for his forthrightness and tenacity and is seen as a man of the people.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-247569 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gbcghanaonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/jj7.jpg?resize=800%2C800&ssl=1\" alt=\"Jerry John Rawlings - In remembrance two years on\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gbcghanaonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/jj7.jpg?w=1000&ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gbcghanaonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/jj7.jpg?resize=300%2C300&ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gbcghanaonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/jj7.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gbcghanaonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/jj7.jpg?resize=768%2C768&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gbcghanaonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/jj7.jpg?resize=696%2C696&ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gbcghanaonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/jj7.jpg?resize=420%2C420&ssl=1 420w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>His popularity transcended the four corners of the Country and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>He is the founder of Ghana\u2019s biggest opposition party, the NDC and was in power for almost 20 years.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-168296 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gbcghanaonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/JJ-PIC.jpg?resize=800%2C534&ssl=1\" alt=\"Jerry John Rawlings - In remembrance two years on\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gbcghanaonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/JJ-PIC.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gbcghanaonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/JJ-PIC.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gbcghanaonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/JJ-PIC.jpg?resize=768%2C512&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gbcghanaonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/JJ-PIC.jpg?resize=1536%2C1025&ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gbcghanaonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/JJ-PIC.jpg?resize=696%2C464&ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gbcghanaonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/JJ-PIC.jpg?resize=1068%2C712&ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gbcghanaonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/JJ-PIC.jpg?resize=1920%2C1281&ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gbcghanaonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/JJ-PIC.jpg?resize=630%2C420&ssl=1 630w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gbcghanaonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/JJ-PIC.jpg?w=2048&ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gbcghanaonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/JJ-PIC.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gbcghanaonline.com\/category\/news\/politics\/\">CLICK HERE FOR MORE ON POLITICS<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghanaians are today remembering the passing of former President Jerry John Rawlings, who died on this day two years ago after a short illness at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital. 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