The first meeting of the Commission gave hope – Aning

General News of Friday, February 15, 2019

Source: Myjoyonline.com

2019-02-15

A security expert hailed the commission created to investigate the violence in the by-election of Ayawaso West Wuogon after his first day of sitting.

Kwesi Aning believes that the work of the Emile Short Commission on Thursday has earned the confidence of Ghanaians interested in the procedure.

Speaking at Joy FM's Super Morning Show broadcast Friday, Dr. Aning said, "Their performance yesterday really gave people a lot of hope."

The director of the Faculty of Academic Affairs and Research at the International Peacekeeping Training Center Kofi Annan (KAIPTC) added that the credibility of the Commission is due to the presence of its staff.

According to what he heard, the questions posed by the Commission to those who appeared on Thursday were "difficult and uncomfortable and put people at ease."

However, he reiterated the concerns he had previously mentioned in Newsfile on Saturday, namely that the problem lay in the willingness of politicians to implement the committee's recommendations.

"The question is whether, with the recommendation, they will want to publish a decent white paper and implement it," he said.

The Vice President set up the committee last week with the blessing of President Nana Akufo-Addo, who was out of the jurisdiction.

Emile Short, former president of the CHRAJ and judge at the Supreme Court, chairs the Commission, which is composed of law professor Henrietta Mensa-Bonsu and former Inspector General of Police Patrick Kwarteng Acheampong.

A private lawyer and former dean of GIMPA Law School, Ernest Kofi Abotsi is Secretary of the Commission.

What did the witnesses say before the Commission?

Interior Minister Ambrose Dery told the committee that the Bawaleshie incident on by-election day had nothing to do with elections.

During his briefing, the armed men who stormed Delali Kwesi Brempong's home were there for another matter.

He also stated that the vehicle labeled Police SWAT did not belong to the police.

The Minister of State at the Ministry of National Security, who also appeared before the committee, admitted that the security agents had been deployed by National Security knowing that weapons were stored in a community residence. .