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General News on Thursday, February 7, 2019
Source: www.ghanaweb.com
2019-02-07
play the videoJames Agalga was one of the deputies who had "bloody widow" signs in Parliament
The Ghana Good Evening leader, Paul Adom Otchere, condemned the minority in parliament for his utter disregard for Ayawaso West Wuogon's newly elected MP, Lydia Seyram Alhbadan, carrying placards carrying the bill. 39, inscription "bloody widow".
According to him, their reaction is that of "the dark age" where Ghana is considered an uncivilized country with no respect for women.
A situation which, in his opinion, is unfounded for an abuse of process in the country.
Paul Adom Otchere, who believes it is acceptable to register in Parliament by registering a demonstration, is a "normal" parliamentary practice, but it is not appropriate to place a poster to call a fellow MP "bloody widow".
"The honorable James Agalga should be ashamed of himself," he said on his Good Evening Ghana program on Metro TV.
Recalling that the NPP was wearing dark clothing to welcome the late President Mills to Parliament, Mr. Adom Otchere stated that he had been condemned by all.
"There is James Agalga, a former deputy minister of the interior, who holds a" bloody widow "to a woman who challenged the elections after the death of her husband … .. is the minority NDC in Parliament day of shame, it's a day of shame and it's a horrible day in the annals of the Ghanaian parliament, "said Adom Otchere with disappointment.
"To call the hon. Member, who has become a member of Parliament and who will continue to play her role as a member of Parliament … she will sit with some of these people on the committees of Parliament and they will get a poster and say "Bloody widow" …… my God!
He therefore called on Ghanaians to condemn the action of the minority and to demonstrate that women are respected in Ghanaian society.
Take a walk
The Right Honorable Lydia Seyram Alhbadan was sworn into Parliament on Tuesday under oaths of allegiance and a Member of Parliament administered by the First Vice-President, the Honorable Joseph Osei Owusu.
Moments before his swearing-in, however, the minority in Parliament staged an out of parliament protesting what it (the minority) described as state-sponsored violence during the election. partial to Ayawaso West Wuogon.
Justification of Sam George
Meanwhile, Ningo-Prampram's NDC MP Samuel George Nettey justified the display of posters of the "bloody widow" of the minority.
Expressing on the same platform, Sam George described the action on his side as "normal parliamentary practice" and, to support his point, he alluded to cases in which even President Akufo -Addo and the late President Atta Mills had suffered the same heckle during the release of Address of the Nation.
"…. it's a fact that the Ayawaso West Wuogon polls were a bloody by-election … our description was relevant … I'm going to ask Lydia Alhbadan to take it in good faith … because that's is a normal parliamentary practice, "he said.
Result of the by-election
Mrs. Lydia Seyram Alhbadan replaced her husband as a Member of Parliament from the constituency of Ayawaso West Wuogon after winning the by-election of Thursday, January 31, 2019 in Accra.
Mrs. Alhbadan, a candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), was the second wife of the late MP Emmanuel Kyeremateng Agyarko.
It received 68.80% of the votes cast.
His main opponent, Kwasi Delali Brempong of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), polled 30.52 percent of respondents, while Mr. William Kofi Dowokpor of the Progressive People's Party (PPP) and Mr. Clement Boadi of the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG) polled 0.58 0.10% respectively.
Shooting Incident
The voting process was tainted by a shootout at the home of one of the candidates, Mr. Brempong; 18 people were injured and an observer badaulted at one of the polling stations.
The Criminal Investigation Department of the Ghana Police opened an investigation into the incident by shooting.
Meanwhile, the government of Ghana has created a three-member commission to investigate the violence that stained the by-election last Thursday in the Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency in Accra.
Francis Emile Short, former Commissioner of the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), chairs the Commission. It is also composed of Law Professor Henrietta Mensa-Bonsu and former Inspector General of Police Patrick Kwarteng Acheampong.
Dr. Ernest Kofi Abotsi, a lawyer and former dean of the GIMPA Law School, has also been appointed secretary of the Commission, according to a statement issued and signed Wednesday by the director of communication of the presidency, Eugene Arhin.
The committee will:
(a) to conduct an exhaustive, faithful and impartial investigation into the circumstances and facts at the origin of the events and the badociated violence that occurred during the partial election of Ayawaso West Wuogon, January 31, 2019;
(b) identify any person responsible or involved in the events, violence and related injuries;
(c) investigate any matter that the Board considers to be accidental or reasonably related to the causes of the events and the resulting violence and trauma; and
(d) submit its report to the President within one month, indicating the reasons for its conclusions and recommendations, including the appropriate sanctions, if any, "the statement said.
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