Parade, wreath-laying to mark 31 December anniversary

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The Planning Committee of the 35th Anniversary of the 31st December Revolution says there will be a wreath-laying ceremony.

There would also be a parade at the Revolutionary Square in Accra at 8 a.m on Saturday, December 31, 2016.

Former president Jerry John Rawlings initially came to power in Ghana as a flight lieutenant in the Ghana Air Force following a coup d'état in 1979.

This is after he initially handed power over to a civilian government and took back control of the country on 31 December 1981 as the Chairman of the Provisional National Defence Council.

In 1992 Rawlings resigned from the Armed Forces, founded the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and became the first president of the Fourth Republic.

The leader of the uprising, J.J. Rawlings and other leading cadres will address the gathering.

This year’s anniversary is being celebrated under the theme, '31st December – The Principles Never Change.”

Sympathisers, members of the public and the media are all invited to participate in the short, solemn ceremony.

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