Ex-President Rawlings should note that his popularity is waning and even though he may still have followers, they may not be in the majority, the Member of Parliament for Adenta, Kojo Adu Asare has counseled. According to him, there cannot be a leader if there are no followers and wondered who a leader will be leading if there are no people behind him. Mr Adu Asare, who was speaking on Peace FM’s Kokrokoo programme Monday, was reacting to comments by Mr Rawlings on the BBC last Thursday that the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) will sooner or later pay for rejecting Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings to lead the party into elections 2012 at the party’s congress. Former First Lady Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings polled only a 3.1 per cent of votes cast during the July congress which re-elected President John Evans Atta Mills as the flag bearer of the NDC. Though the former first family had since the congress been quiet about the defeat, Mr Rawlings opened up for the first time last week, predicting doom for the government. However the Adenta MP, who described Mr Rawlings’ comments as unfortunate, noted that he had over the past one-and-half years tried not to publicly reproach the ex-president but he was now unsure if he could hold his peace forever. He regretted that Mr Rawlings, by his statements, had shown he failed to pause and reflect on the defeat he and his wife suffered at the congress. “Leadership is dynamic,” he added, saying that times make leaders popular or unpopular depending on their actions. He warned that other stakeholders of the NDC may be incited by the founder’s comments and respond in an equal manner. “…we will start opening our mouths in a way” that may not auger well for others, he said. The Mills-Mahama government, according to the MP, has over a year more to go and maintained that it is the duty of all well meaning NDC members to assist and support them to succeed. He added that Ghanaians will be the ones to judge the government when the time is due and said “…We want to know whether he [Rawlings] wants the good of the party [or] for this government to succeed or not.” “…To make things look as if government has failed so much so that Ghanaians are desperately in search for another person to replace Professor Mills, I beg to differ,” the Adenta MP concluded. Story by Dorcas Efe Mensah/myjoyonline.com/Ghana