News:
July 1, 2021
The Minority in Parliament has rejected the President’s directive for a ministerial enquiry into the Ejura shooting.
Addressing members of the parliamentary press corps, the Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu stated that the president’s directive is like asking the agencies involved to investigate themselves, and that would not augur well for the outcome.
“We want a commission of enquiry within the meaning of Article 278 of the 1992 Republic constitution, the president must appoint a sole commissioner with two or more person to support just like the Emile Short Commission. And not a ministerial, which would amount to complicity of the state security agencies, they can’t absorb themselves; it should be made up of a justice of the superior court”.
And further added that, they would accept recommendation that calls for reforms and urged the youth who are acting out of frustration not to let the situation escalate, whiles admonishing government to take steps to address unemployment and growing economic hardship in the country.
Again, he noted that the maiming and killing of innocent Ghanaians who are justified within their constitutional rights to protest and to call for fixing of the country only vindicates the minority’s position, “as you recall we questioned too many security personnel in uniform on the street”.
Mr. Iddrisu pointed out that innocent people who were killed in Techiman for the purposes of turning an election, the sovereign decision, were actions of overzealous men in uniform.
“We questioned many of the people who were being recruited into the security agencies, they have not been trained enough and adequality, people who should be trained for nine months end up being trained for only three months”.
In addition, he said more worrying are NPP sympathizers and vigilantes who are recruited into the army and police, “they are not professionals hence they even chase NPP ministers out, I am not surprised”.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/Ghanamps.com