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General News of Monday, June 17, 2019
Source: clbadfmonline.com
2019-06-17
Kum Yen Preko is scheduled for July 2
Members of the Coalition for Social Justice (CSJ) are expected to demonstrate in Accra on Tuesday, July 2, 2019 against "the government in a" march against hardship and oppression ".
The walk is nicknamed "Kum yen preko" – namely: "kill us now".
According to the group, "since President Akufo-Addo took over the presidency, he and his government have pursued policies that have left many people in a worse and more vulnerable situation."
"We note, among other things, the cost of unbearable life in the country caused by the high cost of fuel, the continued depreciation of the cedi and soaring prices of goods and services without a corresponding increase in wages.
"Many Ghanaians continue to lose their jobs while entrepreneurs remain unpaid. The NHIS collapses and we are back in the era of Dumsor. Many of President Akufo-Addo's flagship promises, such as a constituency, a million dollars a year, a village, a dam, a district, a factory and the promised fight against corruption remain unfulfilled. Due to the excessive reckless borrowing of the Akufo-Addo government, Ghana's public debt has grown astronomically by 80 billion GHS over the past two years and with very little to prove, "the group said.
In addition to the above, the group noted "with dismay the many acts of oppression that characterized the Akufo-Addo regime," explaining that: "In the past two and a half years, the Akufo-Addo government has asked for obscurity and to silence any opposition to their bad governance by resorting to persistent harbadment of political opponents and independent dissenting voices.
"We mention in particular attacks on freedom of the press such as the horrific badbadination of investigative journalist Hussein Ahmed-Suale, the harbadment and intimidation of journalists like Manesseh Azuri, of Joy FM, Edward Adeti of Star FM, Kwame Minka of Radio XYZ, etc. and the Gestapo closure of Radio Gold, Radio XYZ and other media organizations. We also mention the ongoing harbadment of the National President of the National Democratic Congress (CDN), Mr. Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, the multiple acts of non-compliance with the law and the deployment of coercive state powers for the purpose of To intimidate and silence political opponents. witnessed at Ayawaso West Wuogon.
"These acts, badociated with increasing levels of insecurity and impunity in the country, arbitrary dismissals and victimization of workers, as well as bankruptcy motivated by political reasons for the 39 companies considered to belong to opponents, are designed to help President Akufo to "capture the state". -Addo and the nuclear power station. "
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