A delegation of chiefs and other traditional rulers from the Volta Region under the umbrella of Royals for Peace and Development are meeting with former President Jerry John Rawlings and his wife, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings in an attempt to establish the root cause of the strained relations between them and the leadership of the National Democratic Congress. The chiefs say their primary objective is to listen to what the former first couple have to say about the ongoing animosity within the party in order that they may take informed decisions. The delegation of about 20 traditional leaders is led by Togbe Adela Adelakoe II, chairman of the Royals for Peace and Development. Attending the meeting on the side of the former first couple are Mr. Josiah Aryeh, Lower Manya Krobo MP, Michael Teye Nyaunu, suspended NDC Deputy General Secretary, Kofi Adams and Madam Sylvia Awornu, General Secretary of the 31st December Women's Movement. A member of the delegation and spokesperson, Togbe Hotormaho Amedzake III of Abutia Kpeta, told Myjoyonline.com the visit was partly to afford the traditional leaders the opportunity to meet with their son, Jerry Rawlings and to understand from close quarters what the issues are that have divided the ruling party. “…Chairman Rawlings is our son, and as tradition demands, it is important that as a guardian, as a father, if your children are living somewhere, occasionally you must visit them, find out their health status, their social status, their economic status and the like. So our coming is to visit chairman Rawlings and his wife and his household and find out how they are faring. “Secondly, there is this issue of bad blood between him and some of his working colleagues, whether now or former, and so we want to find out from him to what extent has this gotten to so that we can inform ourselves and then know the way forward.” Kofi Adams, spokesperson for the Rawlingses, told journalists the former president outlined a number of issues he thought had gone wrong in the party and said he had wished the NDC would win the December 2012 elections but thought the party leadership had thrown the opportunity away. “It was his wish that the NDC would win the elections but, the leadership, as he put it, the government executive level and party level, have completely thrown away that chance. He bore no grudge against anybody but we’ve kind of abandoned the values…”.