Deal with the vigilantes Presidential Orders

General News of Friday, March 15, 2019

Source: dailyguidenetwork.com

2019-03-15

President Akufo-Addo yesterday ordered the Attorney General to take up activism, the first such action to be taken against political violence in the country.

This action fits into the context of the issues raised by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) over the sincerity of the President in the face of the threat.

In correspondence addressed to the NDC National President, the President stated: "In accordance with my statement to Parliament during the State of the Nation message of 21 February 2019, I informed the Attorney General, without prejudice to the result. the commitment, if any, between the NPP and the NDC, to prepare and submit to Parliament, as soon as possible, specific legislation to combat the phenomenon of vigilance and provide for appropriate sanctions against its appearance " .

"Such promulgation would give every citizen the space to contribute to the enactment of an effective and efficient law, the application of which will enable us to rid our country of violence related to politics," he said. declared.

The president has engaged in an exchange of correspondence in recent weeks about activism with the opposition party.

However, both parties do not agree on the terms of a commitment on the subject.

The President had previously mentioned legislation outright as a way out of the issue.

Now, it has adopted the path of legislation that does not prejudice the proposed but vexatious question of whether other parties should join the dialogue.