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General News of Monday, April 29, 2019
Source: citinewsroom.com
2019-04-29
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Discussions between the two main political parties – the New Patriotic Party and the National Democratic Congress – on the dissolution of political vigilante groups will resume later in the day. [Monday] under the facilitation of the National Peace Council.
Today's meeting will be the second after a first meeting three weeks ago.
In his speech on the state of the nation in February, the president urged both sides to meet to find ways to deal with the threat.
The government then presented to Parliament a bill to dissolve such groups.
Reverend Prof. Emmanuel Asante, President of the National Peace Council, who confirmed the meeting today at Citi News, said: "I will not give details on what will happen" during the meeting. .
The first meeting was controversial as the parties accused themselves of bad faith.
National Democratic Congress (NDC) General Secretary Asiedu Nketia expressed disappointment at the results of the first meeting.
Speaking on Eyewitness News at the end of the April meeting, Asiedu Nketia said that her expectations had not been met because the NPP and the NDC could not be satisfied. agree on the scope of the discussion.
"In general, my impression is that I was disappointed with the outcome of the meeting," he said.
But New Patriotic Party (NPP) communications director Yaw Buabeng Asamoah threatened to end the ongoing talks, saying the NDC secretary general was acting in bad faith.
He baderted that his decision to give impetus to the closed-door discussions in the public domain contravened the rules of engagement.
"How can a prominent politician like Asiedu Nketia say things that, to tell the truth, are an interpretation of his own facts? I will not breach confidence except to say that if he continues in this way, he will break the trust, "he said.
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