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The one-month deadline granted to the Emile Short Commission to complete its work in the Ayawaso West Wuogon partial election violence has been described as "horribly short".
Dr. Kwesi Aning said that the three-member commission with a secretary had a lot of work to do and that she dreaded everything she could do in a month.
Speaking Newsfile, the director of the Faculty of Academic Affairs and Research at the Kofi Annan International Training and Peacekeeping Center (KAIPTC), hopes the Commission will have the resources it needs to work.
"… They would need strong forensic support … access to laptops, mobile phones and networks that support recruitment, funding, functionalization and all kinds of things" , did he declare.
Kwesi Aning wants the commission to have the appropriate resources
So "I hope they have a support infrastructure that would make their job easier," he added.
Speaking about the composition of the Commission, Mr. Aning added to the voices of other experts that the integrity of the membership was flawless.
"From what we know of the four, the problem is not putting the facts on the table," he said.
In addition to Emile Short who chairs the commission, Henrietta Mensa-Bonsu, Lecturer in Law, and Patrick Kwarteng Acheampong, former Inspector General of Police, were listed.
Dr. Ernest Kofi Abotsi, a private lawyer and former dean of the GIMPA Law School, was also appointed and sworn in as Secretary of the Commission.
But Dr. Aning said he is concerned that, despite the integrity of the commission, the political will of the powers in place to implement their recommendations is what should be of concern to Ghanaians.
The commission was created by Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia on Wednesday with the blessing of President Akufo-Addo, which is outside the jurisdiction.
It follows the violence that followed in La Bawaleshie, part of the Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency, in the early hours of the January 31 by-election.
Armed men stormed the residence of the NDC opposition candidate, Delali Kwesi Brempong, and reportedly attacked supporters of the NDC.
According to eyewitnesses, the men embarked on a shootout and more or less put the applicant under house arrest.
The ruling NPP retained its seat at the closing of the polls and candidate Lydia Alhbadan has since been sworn in.
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