Meetings of Nuclear Power Plants and NDCs Can not Solve Political Vigilantism – Asiedu-Nketia

Policy of Thursday, February 21, 2019

Source: Graphic.com.gh

2019-02-21

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) General Secretary, The Opposition, Mr. Johnson Asiedu Nketia, dismissed the statement that a simple meeting between the NDC and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) could help resolve the problem of political vigilance in Ghana.

According to him, President Akufo-Addo had the impression, in his speech on the state of the nation of 2019, that the solution to solve the problem was that a meeting between the two main parties policies be false.

Asiedu Nketia said President Akufo-Addo should take steps to clean up the state's security of elements of political vigilance, which he said had 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.," Asiedu Nketia said in a statement. interview with Citi FM, based in Accra, Thursday night. responding to the proposal of President Akufo-Addo in the State of the Nation Address (SONA).

For Mr. Asiedu Nketia, 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 because he has recruited a large number of them and has integrated party supporters within the security of the state. State, "said Asiedu Nketia.

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 would have explained that "even vehicles labeled as being 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 ".