A minority calls for the withdrawal of 6,000 security officers from Parliament | Politics

The parliamentary minority is demanding the immediate withdrawal of some 6,000 security agents, deployed by the government before the inauguration Thursday of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
The Minority in a statement signed by Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu described the deployment as “a flagrant abuse of the national security apparatus to promote narrow partisan parish interests.”

He also said he would hold President Akufo-Addo accountable if security prevents any of his members from performing their duties in the House.

“We hold President Akufo-Addo as Commander-in-Chief of the Ghanaian Armed Forces and Chairman of the National Security Council directly responsible for this unwarranted and reckless deployment. We will hold him responsible for any violation or obstruction in the performance of our duties, ”the statement said.

“The NDC caucus in parliament calls for the immediate withdrawal of this detachment of soldiers, police and so-called national security agents.

“We will continue to resist the senseless assault on the pillars of our constitutional democracy. Ghana is not a dictatorship. Those who seek to erode our democratic gains and bring us into a tyrannical situation would be fought and defeated.

“The NDC Parliamentary Caucus refuses to stand idly by and allow the House of People’s Representatives to be held hostage in scenes that recall the recent state-sponsored brutality witnessed by waste collection centers. the EC where similar invasions have resulted in unnecessary loss of life and injury.

“We are not a group to be intimidated by guns and could be when we know we are on the side of the people, on the right side, on the good conscience side, on the justice side and on the side of justice. of our hymn which exhorts us to resist the reign of the oppressor “.

Read the entire statement below;

NDC CAUCUS IN PARLIAMENT CONDEMNS INVASION OF GESTAPO-STYLE SECURITY FROM PARLIAMENT AND DEMANDS THEIR IMMEDIATE WITHDRAWAL

The NDC Caucus in Parliament notes with disgust and utter revulsion the brutal and Gestapo invasion of the august House of Parliament by security agents at the behest of the Akufo-Addo administration.

We strongly condemn the obvious rampant despotism and the blatant hijacking of the national security apparatus to promote narrow partisan parish interests.

The parliaments of each democratic jurisdiction represent the bulwark of democratic freedoms and we insist that this excessive abuse of state power to intimidate MPs represents a desecration of our much revered parliamentary democracy and a serious affront to the dignity of the arm. legislative.

It is to defend the universal principles of good parliamentary democracy that our Rules of Procedure state in article 30:

“The following acts or behavior constitute a breach of privilege or a contempt of Parliament:

I) cause or effect the arrest of a deputy or an official of the Parliament during the proceedings of the Parliament or in the exercise of his functions;

J) aggression against deputies or leaders in the exercise of their functions in Parliament or outside;

L) attempted intimidation by threats of members in the performance of their duties. “

We hold President Akufo-Addo as Commander-in-Chief of the Ghanaian Armed Forces and Chairman of the National Security Council directly responsible for this unwarranted and reckless deployment. We will hold it responsible for any violation or obstruction in the performance of our legal functions.

The NDC caucus in Parliament is calling for the immediate withdrawal of this detachment of soldiers, police and so-called national security agents.

We will continue to resist the senseless assault on the pillars of our constitutional democracy. Ghana is not a dictatorship. Those who seek to erode our democratic gains and bring us into a tyrannical dispensation would be fought and defeated.

The NDC parliamentary caucus refuses to sit idly by and allow the House of People’s Representatives to be held hostage in scenes reminiscent of the recent state-sponsored brutality observed in EC collection centers where Similar invasions have resulted in unnecessary loss of life and injury.

We are not a group to be intimidated by guns and could be when we know we are on the side of the people, on the right side, on the side of good conscience, on the side of justice and on the side of our anthem. national which urges us to resist the reign of the oppressor.

Sign,
Haruna Iddrisu
Hon. MP, Tamale South
[Minority Leader of the 7th Parliament.]