Ayawaso Violence: We have a lot of irresponsible politicians – Kwesi Pratt

General News on Thursday, February 7, 2019

Source: www.ghanaweb.com

2019-02-07

The violence that took place during the partial election of Ayawaso West Wuogon was due to the presence of many irresponsible politicians in the country, said Kwesi Pratt Jnr.

According to the veteran journalist, although the country has experienced several electoral abuses in the past, the latest one denigrates the country's democratic process and is not called.

"I am so embarrbaded that in 2019 we can see this level of violence against innocent citizens, under the pretext of national security, I am so embarrbaded," he said with disappointments.

"We came here because we have a lot of irresponsible politicians, we came here because of the level of intolerance we built in national politics, we came here because people do not see politics in a multi-party democratic dispensation different national reconstruction programs, "he added.

The editor-in-chief of "The Insight" on Metro, Goodnight Ghana, recounted several acts of political violence in the country's political history which he said "do not justify in any way current and future violence ".

Context

The voting process was tainted by a shootout at the home of one of the candidates, Mr. Brempong; 18 people were injured and an observer badaulted at one of the polling stations.

The Criminal Investigation Department of the Ghana Police opened an investigation into the incident by shooting.

Result of the by-election

Mrs. Lydia Seyram Alhbadan replaced her husband as a Member of Parliament from the constituency of Ayawaso West Wuogon after winning the by-election of Thursday, January 31, 2019 in Accra.

Mrs. Alhbadan, a candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), was the second wife of the late MP Emmanuel Kyeremateng Agyarko.

It received 68.80% of the votes cast.

His main opponent, Kwasi Delali Brempong of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), polled 30.52 percent of respondents, while Mr. William Kofi Dowokpor of the Progressive People's Party (PPP) and Mr. Clement Boadi of the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG) polled 0.58 0.10% respectively.