Former President Jerry John Rawlings has warned members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) saying that without granting respect to his core values, the party should not dream of returning to power.

The founder of the NDC while speaking at the 39th anniversary of the June 4 revolution indicated that his current status was earned due to the core values for which h stands.

He said “When we speak of factionalism, let me repeat here that Jerry John Rawlings is not a faction and will never be. Love me or hate me that for our party to survive, the core values for what I stand for have to be respected and embraced. I am what I am because of those values. The NDC rose to national relevance due to those values. Reorganizing towards those values is the best bet towards our resurgence”.

This year's anniversary was climaxed with a durbar which was organised at the Madina Social Welfare School Park on Monday.

He added that,  factionalism breads disunity, and charged the party followers to be wary of such and rather unite towards election 2020.

He advised the youth of the party to stand against any factionalism in the party which was created by some people to perpetuate their own agenda.

He said,“The core of our being are things that affect our lives. I said these values are not about Rawlings. Men and women sacrificed their lives to give meaning to those values. Our youth are the future of our party; the future of what we stand for. Our youth have to stand against factionalism created by some people to perpetuate their own agenda. Factionalism are intolerance of potential rivals which leads to disunity of the unity that we clamour for”.