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The general secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) dismissed the statement that a simple meeting between the opposition party and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) could help solve the problem of partisan militias in the country .
Johnson Asiedu Nketiah said that the impression given by President Akufo-Addo in his speech on the state of the nation of 2019 was that the way to solve the problem, namely a meeting between the two main parties policies, was wrong.
Asiedu Nketiah said President Akufo-Addo should take steps to improve the security of the state elements of political vigilance, which have infiltrated the ranks of state security.
"When state security is neutral, they can now be used to enforce existing laws against the formation of a private army, private militia, etc.," said Asiedu Nketiah in a statement. interview given to Citi FM on Thursday night.
He reacted to President Akufo-Addo's proposal in the State of the Nation Address (SONA) inviting the two sides to meet to resolve the issue of party militia.
For Mr. Asiedu Nketiah, President Akufo-Addo has lost control "and thinks that, in a way, when two political parties meet, they can enforce the laws of the country. I am so disappointed.
"The impression I have is that we are here with a president who has actively participated in the recruitment and training of self-defense groups, trained on the premises of the state, armed with military resources. 'State, moving in state vehicles and party activist to the security of the state and now distances itself from the problem and now calls two powerless parties to meet.'
He said that it was simply "something to show the international community that something was being done but the reality of the situation is that the vigilantes have done a lot of harm and that there is has enough evidence for state security to act and that state security is dragging its feet and openly claiming that the government has tied their hands. "
"And so we think that instead of convening a meeting of two political parties to talk about activist, he [President Akufo-Addo] should act and allow state institutions to act. "
"This must begin as soon as the president takes steps to clean the state institutions of these vigilante elements, as he has recruited a large number of them and has integrated vigilantes of parties into the security of the state." State, "said Asiedu Nketiah.
He based his argument on what he described as evidence before the Emile Short Board of Inquiry into the shooting of Ayawaso West Wuogon's election campaign. According to him, some police officers allegedly explained that "even vehicles labeled as Ghana Police, the police say that they do not own these vehicles and do not know where they are coming from. "
"Now, if you are confronted with a security person, you can not distinguish between a vigilante and a competent security personnel. So this can not be solved by a meeting of political parties, NPP, NDC, because we do not have the power to clean up the state security of these elements. "
"So I would prefer that the president act to sanitize the state's security from these self-defense elements, and then, when state security is neutral, they can now be used to enforce the laws." already in force against the formation of a private army, private security guards and so on.
No need for legislation
"I want to believe that a meeting of the NDC and the NPP will not solve anything and that the threat of legislation presented by the president will not solve any problem, because the country has enough laws to deal with this problem, … what is missing . is the political will of the president ".
President Akufo-Addo on Thursday called on leaders of the NDC and NPP to help find a lasting solution to the threat of political vigilance in Ghana.
According to the president, citizens and future generations would not forgive current leaders if they stayed out of the way so that peace in the country would be undermined by violence related to the political context.
He added that he had personally asked the NPP leaders to write to the NDC so that they could plan together a meeting, possibly next week, to find ways to end the growing threats. of political vigilance in Ghana.
Answering the question of whether the NDC would accept the invitation to the meeting on political vigilance, Asiedu Nketiah said: "We believe that this meeting should take place between the government and the political parties.
"The government can not come out of this meeting because this group of security guards has been integrated with state security and is paid with state resources. It moves with the weapons of the state. 39. State and so on So if two political parties meet, That does not solve the problem, those who pretend to be agents of national security, an illegal army in national security … how is it – to dissolve them … if this were to be solved by a meeting of the PNP, the NDC, "he questioned.
"The security people themselves have come to disown those who have gone astray and perpetuate this crime. So they were exposed as persons not belonging to the security of the state … so let the president dissolve it, disarm it and go meet us and discuss how to deal with those who do not are not armed within political parties.
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