Fight against increasing impunity in Ghana – ACS in Akufo-Addo

General News of Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Source: starrfm.com.gh

2019-03-19

The leaders of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) and the National Council of Lawyers invited Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo to take a critical look at the culture of impunity is gradually developing in Ghana and coping with it.

Addressing the President of Jubilee House when he visited her courtesy, the National Officer of the Ghana Bar Association, Tony Forson Jr., said that there appears to be some level of intolerance in society, which leads to violence.

"For example, people such as people who misunderstand legally constituted authority attack police officers, immigration officers, and hope that these things will be smothered before they get out of hand." said the president of the bar.

In response to the Bar's suggestion, the President indicated that he welcomed the call of the Bar and acknowledged that "to invite the Executive Branch to fully badume its responsibilities is an important civic leader who They have fulfilled and he is sensitive and accepts the challenge of what must be done so that society does not tolerate the culture of impunity ".

Vigilance

With regard to vigilantism, the president of the bar congratulated the president for taking a bold step, just as he did in the "Galamsey" issue.

"I pray that, in the turn of the 2020 elections, we must begin to raise awareness of the need to make peace during and after the election campaign. We therefore encourage you, Sir, to continue along this path in order to firmly maintain the problem of peace, "said Mr. Forson.

President Akufo Addo, on the subject of vigilance, said that there remained a considerable unemployment rate for the country's youth, so that it is relatively easy to bribe young people in all sorts of ways. dangerous activities. The president badured the council of the bar badociation that, whatever the measures to be taken to fight vigilantism, his administration would do the same to protect the rule of law.

Energy and depreciation in Cedi

On the issue of cedi energy and exchange rate, the national bar official said he hoped that effective measures would be put in place so that the country could benefit from what it needs. for two months under the chairmanship of Akufo Addo.

The lawyers of the Bar encouraged the President, convinced that he should not be discouraged by difficulties, but strive to achieve the result that informed the decision of the Ghanaian people who l? elected president.

President Akufo Addo noted that the energy situation in the country was under control and that the worst of what had been experienced in recent years was behind us and that the country should benefit from a much more uniform, stable and regular in the country. country.

Regarding the cedi, said the president, the public discourse on the cedi should focus on some of the structural problems related to the country's currency.

"These are structural problems that have not been articulated well enough," said President Akufo Addo.

"We live in a country where we depend too much on importing things for our daily subsistence. What we can produce, we continue to import and at the same time we do not generate enough exports, it is the true origin of the fragility of our currency, "said the president. He added that "the currency is currently trending downward. I hope that the downward trend will continue and that it will continue for the recent upsurge to disappear. "

Election 2020

In his remarks, President Akufo Addo said that he was confident in the success of the 2020 elections. He said his government would fulfill all the promises it had made to the Ghanaian people.