Former President Jerry Rawlings has said the Ghanaian public is not amused with the performance of the Government so far and the ruling National Democratic Congress needs to do a lot more to revive its image and restore its credibility. He told a delegation of party officials and ministers in Government from the Volta Region who paid a courtesy call on him at his Ridge residence in Accra Tuesday that the low-keyed enthusiasm among the populace is the direct result of the Government’s failure to take the high moral ground of replacing officials in national administration appointed by the party’s opponent. Ex-President Rawlings said given the scant resources at the disposal of the NDC for election 2008 and the resultant victory, the Ghanaian people gave the party a moral mandate to reverse the corrupt rule of the New Patriotic Party and build a more united and prosperous nation, and it would be very unfortunate if the party loses power again in 2012 because of inaction. He said fortunately, there is time for the government to do what is necessary to convince the populace that the change they voted for is a realistic one. The delegation, led by a member of the Council of State, Dr Bernard Glover, included Mr. Modestus Ahiable, former Regional Minister and NDC Regional Chairman; Mr. Joseph Amenowude, Regional Minister and MP for Hohoe South; Mr. Joe Gidisu, MP for North Tongu; Mrs Juliana Azuma-Mensah, Minister of Tourism; Ms Akua Sena Dansua, Minister of Women and Children’s Affairs and Mr. Francis Ganyaglo, Volta Regional Secretary of the NDC who is also the District Chief Executive for Kpando. Others included Mr. Isaac Kotobisa, Deputy Regional Secretary of the party and Ho Municipal Chief Executive; Mrs Bertha Amenuvor, National Deputy Treasurer of the party and Mr. Courage Danku, Deputy Regional Organiser. Ex-President Rawlings said the decision of President Atta Mills when he assumed office, to maintain some appointees and functionaries of the NPP created the unfortunate impression that nothing had changed and emboldened the opponent to perpetuate the very acts for which they were voted out. He said given the nature of the opponent- politically motivated killings with no trials whatsoever, coupled with a general reign of terror- he is not surprised so-called ‘professional criminals’ are terrorizing the people, explaining that a lot of violent crimes are the designs of political opponents whose aim is to discredit the government and make it unpopular. Rawlings said during the twilight of his presidency when about 34 women were murdered in what became known as ‘the serial killing of women’, he rightly predicted that the killings were going to end if the NPP won power because they would have had no justification to continue the killings after achieving their objective.