Meetings of Nuclear Power Plants and NDCs Will Not Resolve Self-Defense

General News of Friday, February 22, 2019

Source: citinewsroom.com

2019-02-22

Johnson Asiedu Nketia, general secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), an opposition party, believes that a meeting with the various political parties is not a panacea for ending the activities of the groups. Self-defense in the country.

For him, the alternative is to bring the government to dissolve such groups aligned with the ruling party, as well as those who he said were placed in the state security apparatus. to serve as an example to other political parties.

"I want to believe that a meeting between NPP and NDC will not solve any problem. In addition, the president's threat to resort to legislation will not solve any problem because there are laws in the country that can deal with this problem. What is missing is the political will of the ruling president. It takes the president alone to rid the government apparatus of vigilance in order to suppress it outside the machinery of government, "Asiedu Nketia told Umaru Sanda Amadu in an interview with Eyewitness News yesterday, Thursday.

Groups of political vigilance seemed to become untouchable after their alignment with the main political parties in the country.

President Nana Akufo-Addo, in her speech on the state of the nation, on Thursday called on political parties to meet and find ways to dissolve their militias.

The president said he would be forced to legislate to force the parties to dissolve such groups if they did not comply with his request.

"I wish to use the platform of this message to make a sincere and pbadionate appeal to the leaders of the two main political parties of our country, NPP and NDC, so that they gather as soon as possible, preferably next week. , in order to agree. appropriate measures to put an end to this disturbing and unacceptable phenomenon of vigilance in our body politic, "he said.

"I asked the leaders of the NPP to invite NDC leaders to such a meeting. The security services of the country will be ready to attend this meeting … If the voluntary dismantling by the parties is not feasible, I will propose legislation on this subject. A vigorous debate and exchange of ideas should be the true basis of political dialogue and competition in our country, not the activities of party party groups, "he added.

But Asiedu Nketia thinks that such an approach will not work.

"This point of view is false, there is a system of vigilance within the government. He should talk about it before coming to talk about the NPP, the NDC and the other political parties. There is vigilance in the state apparatus and that is what creates the problem. It also prevents state institutions from suppressing vigilance because they themselves are infested with vigilance, "said NDC secretary.

Vigilantism in Ghana

The phenomenon of vigilantism has become a current issue in the country as a result of the increasing number of physical attacks and attacks perpetrated by members of self-defense groups aligned with Ghana's main political parties, the NDC. and the NPP.

Some of these attacks resulted in death and injury to victims, including innocent citizens.

Recently, the presence of masked and armed men in a polling station during the partial election of Ayawaso Wuogon sparked discussions about it.