Emile Short Commission "doing a good job" – NDC changes position

General News on Thursday, February 21, 2019

Source: Myjoyonline.com

2019-02-21

National Democratic Congress (NDC) National President, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, said his party was preparing for the work of the Ayawaso West Wuogon Partial Election Violence Commission.

This revelation contrasts sharply with the party's position in the commission chaired by Judge Emile Short during his training two weeks ago.

"At the end of the day, no matter [the Commission] done, I think, will be useful for the country and processes, we [NDC] I think they're doing a good job … We understood that they were doing a good job, "Ofosu Ampofo told Evans Mensah at the PM Express meeting on Wednesday.

The largest opposition party had vowed not to recognize the Commission's work on the grounds that President Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo had ruled the violence that had tarnished the by-election as an isolated incident.

"The position of the NDC is very simple.This commission Emile Short is a non-runner on the basis of its composition, its obvious political color and the balance sheet of the president," said the party in a statement, signed by the secretary-general , Johnson Asiedu Nketia.

The statement stressed: "There is no way that this Commission of its [President’s] favorites will draw contrary conclusions from his earlier statements ".

The NDC went even further by stating that it would seek justice for members of its party attacked by heavily armed national security officers in a polling station in La Bawaleshie, outside the Commission. .

However, revealing the CND's changed position in the Commission, Mr Ofosu Ampofo said: "We were not against the establishment of the Commission, but we felt that [of attackers] should take place while the Commission is also doing its work. Indeed, we have subsequently issued a statement that the victims of the party who suffered the aggression are free to leave. [to the Commission]. "

At least six people, all members of the NDC, were shot and wounded when armed members of the national security apparatus stormed a polling station in La Bawaleshie during the election. partial.

A member of the polling force at the polling station was also badaulted by one of the national security agents.

It is unclear what motivated the shooting of the firearms, but the police also opened its own investigation into the incident.

State Minister for National Security Bryan Acheampong said the men had been deployed as part of a special operation unrelated to the elections.

The gunmen, however, were accused of belonging to the ruling militia affiliated with the New Patriotic Party (NPP), known as the Invincible Forces.