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Ghana: SAT., JANUARY 23, 1382 THE CAROLINA TWS -13 Air Force Lt. Rawlings Returns ' ' AN Ghana V pew; ' military government led n by ' retired Air Force Lieutenant - Jerry John t Rawlings : received a. number ' of demonstra- t support )repared down to the business of , weeV as it prepared to get : v vantage as head of state?. His iour- monms. ui i previous rule in 1979 are remembered as the onlyj : time in recent years when ; ? the ordinary Ghanaian! could afford enough to, eat. - striking contrast to. another plot by Rawlings' Limann,. a quiet scholar ; 1 or his sympathizers, ; with degrees from tour (i Fearing the- former' European universities. i -leader's popularity and But in addition to his! the potential for another charisma, Rawlings en-; y coup, Limann forced joys a second major aa- Rawlings to retire from: military ' . service in November of 1979. - tackling ' the $ nation's I serious ..' economic pro blems. -. f. Students And others organized . -v. impromptu rallies in the capital of. Accra, shouting slogans such as "Jerry, . Our Savior.'!" And ; , on Ghana's ' Though it inherited an economy in . disastrous To add to all this, the! ruling People's National Party was embroiled in ' controversy ' over a, number of Ltmann's key appointments in ' the' .organization, and the -government simultaneously faced a move by some members of Parliament to ih- shape after a decade o -vestigate allegations of military rule the Limann,' kickbacks from foreign Januai Trade Union Congress! called a march to sup porfi the takeoverVand , welcome the "holy war" on corruption that Raw!-; mgs has declared.' - . r . Even market . women ' a group . that, was blamed for hoarding when Rawlings mounted his first -coup in June 1979 r extended a show of support, chartering ten buses to take them to , Kawung s.; .neaaquaners Hi me Duituaii iiumaiy camp. Ironically, they were , turned away there by guards who accused them of contributing to Ghana s economic woes. Rawlings and ; his, backers in the military seized power for the se cond time on December 31, promising he would work for "nothing less ' than a' revolution " - something that will transform the social and : economic orueiy. , . irf 1979 Rawlings and ; jne Armed;: s r orces .' Revolutionary 'Council .presided oyer the execu- iinnc nf pioht Inn nf. , ..vail v., tvf r. ficials during their , brief anu ijpuiai i Hie, and miifi crxvulof irtn currently centers on the fate of President IjHKUa Limann and the rest of his civilian government. So far the new junta, called the Provisional National Defense Coun cil, has arrested - more than 100 former of ficials, including Limann. Though no' charges have yet been issued against " these detainees, January 6 that it Is set-,. ting up "people si tribunals'' to examine various "crimes against the people." The trials . will be public but will not be conducted according) to the procedures of ex-; isting courts a system tlnt Dn.ftflinnc , pklrnac has often "enabled criminals to go free." (The International Commission of Jurists immediately criticized, this decision, arguing; that Ghana already: possesses a highly qualified bar with a tradition of fair trials in which' defense rights are respected.) Earlier the PNDC suspended the constitu-; tion, dissolved parlia-, ment, and declared that , it would assume control over all government deci-; sions. Though by some ac counts life was returning to normal in Accra last, week, a number of emergency measures, taken by the PNDC re main in force, among them: a dusk to dawn curfew; restrictions oni foreign businesses; the, closing of the borders and an airport shut down; and the suspen sion of all political par ; ties. In addition, the government has frozen the bank accounts of hundreds . of prominent Ghanaians. including members of parliament,! Cabinet officers and cor-i porat executives. , pa ine same time, , Rawlings and his associates have taken some steps . to reassure those who' might worry about the new ad ministration. Rawlings said in his first speech that Ghana's business community V, "should entertain no fears as long as i remains honest and ' law-abiding,! fc Subse- ' quently, a dqzen top 'business leaders were summoned tcL the 'Defense Ministry for a special meeting, I Rawlings also an- ' nounced last week that civilians would soon join'- The coup that put Rawlings in power two, and a half years ago was! staged... by low-ranking I of ficers,rH-revolting government, has. been; widely ' criticized .for t bungling in economic:, .matters: Deficit spending has more than tripled by some estimates, inflation continuesunabated at against a military regime .noted for its conspicuous consumption. One hun dred and t twelve days ; later,' Rawlings handed ' '! power " to an elected government, an occasion; marked by high hopes! 'that Ghana would return, Ho the prosperity that: followed independence! in 1957. . ' With the Limann ad-; ministration getting off1 to an unimpressive start, firms. ' A cloud of uncertainly has. 1 hung over the Limann government from the outset. Only two ' weeks before the ' coup, Ghana Radio more than 100. and of- broadcast a statement ficials have been slow in i reassuring the public that: coming uri with-a plan to i ;the latest rumors of a. revive rne cocoa in-: coup plot (piled at the' dustrv. bnlv recently : last minute were untrue, i ' deciding to triple pro ducer prices. The Inter national Monetary Fund had been negotiating ' with Ghana for a major loan, but the Limann ad-! ministration balked at ; the Fund's demand for a ' currency devaluation, fearing the political costs , t y v r . :- ,-. - - I? a th( Arrrfl rnrnrtr rriill :'., )f such a move WOuld be cvci anvc wiiii aiuna ui t great "So far as the govern-1 ment is aware,'' said Ac cra radio, "there is no; ; foundation whatsoever in these - newspaper ' allegations. The govern-. ment will not hesitate to , 'k'J . if there shoSd ariyat- FORMER PRESIDENT VISITS ATLANTA'S NEW MAYOR Former President Jimmy Carkr waves tempt to disrupt the t0 tne Press M he arrives at City Hall to make a courtesy call on Atlanta's new mayor Andrew Young. Yooaf peace of this country.!' served as United Nations Ambassador under Carter' until he was forced from office under pressure vnnmtohr mm cnwim4 'Charismatic and mensely popular, im-the 34-year-old Rawlings is a i , , n,. mnmrn wmiwiwpiMjjiii'finmirT"!- ii v mi ww i n itiiit"iti niii ii i i i 1 ' ' ' "' , , , i ', .,, , -, , ,. . 0C I 1 I Warning: Jhe Surgeon General Has Determined That Cigarette Smoking Is Dangerous to Your Health, HI fcOn fl n B 1 I I If i t v i i w I I I I 1 Wa; y nn N nn. K:B:n:iin i i . ; ii ii ii vi i i if ii lit i ii i in v "v i n ii i i i n. r i i ii ii ill i ii i x : kit "lb.- ' " 3 - ' Smmi 'WW 1 11 1 11 11 M i .Mil V ( V " fe. U' tfe" ' ' 'li v fWU i jSftf v M s SMOOTH LOW TAR 100s 9 mg."tar",07 mg. nicotine av. per cigarette by FTC method. W?Vi i A s jra 1 .... .
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