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February 24, 2020
Minority in Parliament have said violence in the Ayawaso West Wuogon bye-election was state sponsored hence part of their reasons for walking out during last Thursday’s State of the Nation Address (SONA).
According to the Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu that should not be related to individual violence that occurred in places like Talensi and chereponi bye-elections that the Majority has been pointing out, adding that those are individual in nature.
He further lamented over the decision by President Nana Akufo-Addo over the Emile Short report not to disband the illegal SWAT group and is one of “our fundamental reason for the walk out”.
“We trust the Ghana Police Service as an institution but a police service heavily loaded by a SWAT team their loyalty would be to a political party not the state of Ghana. What would happen in a major elections?”.
More especially when the current government sees signs that they are losing elections, as they were blood testy at Ayawaso bye-elections. The “Majority Leader also said if NPP gets a new voters register the opposition NDC would never come back to power, he has to come back and explain himself”, the Minority Leader added.
Mr. Iddrisu noted that the current government has turned deaf ears to their complaint of a compilation of a new voters’ register, which gave birth to him. “In what capacity does he want us to recognise him when they are refusing to recognise a register that was used for the creation of six regions?”
In addition, under President Akufo-Addo, the media has come under attack and freedom of expression is under attack. “More so, media houses that are critical of the current government are being closed down”.
He further revealed that businesses that were sympathetic to the opposition NDC are suffering, and added that if this is allowed to go on he does not think there is future for the countries democracy.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com