We insist on the Peace Council as mediators; We can not trust the nuclear power plant – NDC

General News of Friday, March 22, 2019

Source: rainbowradioonline.com

2019-03-22

Peter Boamah Otokunor, Deputy Secretary General of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), the main opposition party, revealed on Frontline on Rainbow Radio 87.5Fm) is due to mistrust.

In an interview with Kwabena Agyapong on Friday, he said the NDC would be happy and would still benefit today. [Friday] Should the Peace Council intervene in the meeting on the decision to dissolve self-defense groups?

The NDC deputy secretary said the NDC could not trust the NPP because the party had shown traits that made it difficult to trust over the years.

In response to a letter from the NPP on the need for both sides to meet according to the president's instructions, the NDC asked the National Peace Council to choose a venue for dialogue between them and the NPP on how to dissolve their self defense groups.

Johnson Asiedu Nketia, NDC Secretary General, said: "We are pleased that you have confirmed our point of view, which confirms our position that this discussion should take the form of a multi-stakeholder engagement.

"In addition, we have taken the liberty of asking the National Peace Council to exercise its statutory mandate and to badume the role of mediator in the deliberations on the above-mentioned subject … we are ready to meet you." Anywhere and from the date the National Peace Council can propose. "

Mr Otokunor responded by congratulating the NPP, while insisting that it must allow the Peace Council to mediate the meeting in order to create a climate of trust.

"We are ready and if the Peace Council invites us, we will go. Even if they have to invite us today, we will go because the Peace Council is there to moderate the meeting and in particular because we do not trust the NPP. That's why we can not meet them without a moderator … because over the years, they have shown that we can not trust them, "he said.

At the same time, he called on President Akufo-Addo to issue a decree to dissolve all existing self-defense groups badociated with all political parties.