"The chaos of by-elections was unjustified – We create monsters – President of the Peace Council

General News of Sunday, February 3, 2019

Source: peacefmonline.com

2019-02-03

The President of the National Peace Council, Professor Emmanuel Asante, is appalled by the bloody by-election held on Thursday.

The election of Ayawaso West Wuogon began peacefully and smoothly until masked, heavily built men stormed the voting center in La Bawaleshie and began to wreak havoc.

Several reports and bloody videos were published on the unfortunate incident while the main opposition parties of the country; The National Democratic Congress and the New Patriotic Party continue to blame themselves and beat each other.

The somewhat sloppy by-election has led to questioning the government's intention and ability to protect the country's democracy and its citizens, especially when Ghana's police claim to be unaware of the men. masked who stormed the voting center on behalf of the SWAT team.

In the meantime, the government and the police have not yet developed this case.

For Professor Asante, the bloody incident has sullied our "democracy and our name as a peace-loving country".

Contribute to a roundtable on the TV3 program; "The key point," he added, added that the chaos was "unjustified and must be condemned.The perpetrators must be brought to justice … the videos are there and we should be able to get them … we have the primacy of the right, so we should not let people behave the way they want. "

He also condemned the acts of vigilante groups and warned that if the political parties, the government and the police force did not end their activities, it would harm the nation in the future .

"We are creating monsters and we need Ghanaians to come together to solve it. We should not create monsters that will turn around and sting us, "he said.