Feature: Educating The Youth About The December 31 Revolution
When we celebrated the June 19, 1983 anniversary at the Prempeh Assembly Hall in Kumasi this year, we were told to educate the Youth especially the Young Cadres and other party members about the 31st December Revolution of 1981. So, here we go: The country’s administration did not want to support the 31st December Revolution […] The post Feature: Educating The Youth About The December 31…
In the 1983 celebration at the Prempeh Assembly Hall in Kumasi, organizers highlighted the importance of educating the youth, particularly young cadres and party members, about the December 31 Revolution of 1981. At the time, the country's administration did not support the revolution launched by Chairman Rawlings and his revolutionaries.
The Ghana Bar Association attempted to fight against it by using regular courts, but they were unsuccessful because public tribunals were established through military decree. This allowed the revolution to continue without hindrance.
The revolution was rooted in progressive politics and a pro-people agenda, which brought together 90% of true radical Nkrumahists and ten percent of reasonable patriots from the United Party. This party was composed of the old United Party from the Busia stock and ten percent from the recently formed United Party led by Hon. Alan Kyerematen.
Rawlings believed that a neo-colonial apparatus could not defend a progressive revolution in 1981, and this ideology propelled him to launch the revolution. Despite facing seventy coups attempts by nation wreckers, the revolution endured. The United Cadres Front, led by Clement Sangaparee from Obuasi East, remains committed to the cause of the people, as the late Rawlings understood that a neo-colonial apparatus could not protect such a revolution.
Despite facing setbacks from self-seeking politicians, the party structure has strengthened since 1992, and now the expanded Electoral College for Political Parties, as ruled by the Supreme Court, empowers ordinary people to participate in leadership. The days of rural communities being dependent on unfulfilled promises of politicians are over.
Parliamentarians now focus on lobbying for their constituencies' development instead of developing them. The journey has been long, but the struggle continues, and the United Cadres Front is committed to guiding Ghana through this process in the best interest of its citizens.
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