NDC wants Peace Council to choose venue for partisan militia dialogue

Policy of Thursday, March 21st, 2019

Source: Myjoyonline.com

2019-03-21

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has asked the National Peace Council to choose a venue for the long-awaited dialogue between them and the new ruling Patriotic Party (NPP).

They also want the Council to mediate the dialogue requested by President Akufo-Addo so that the two main parties can find a solution to the threat posed by partisan militias in the country.

This is a response to a letter from NPP Secretary General John Boadu asking the opposition party to choose the venue of their choice for the meeting.

While accepting the NDC's request to broaden the scope of the multi-stakeholder dialogue, Mr. Boadu badured in this letter that the "NPP would take advantage of this review at the meeting, which would give both parties the possibility of agreeing on the different stakeholders to invite to subsequent commitments. "

He added, "The NPP is proposing that this crucial meeting take place this week in a place that is right for you. And so, please contact the party as soon as possible when you find the appropriate venue for this meeting. "

In its response, the NDC said: "We are pleased that you, like our opinion, have confirmed our position that this discussion must be a multi-stakeholder engagement.

"In the same spirit, we have taken the liberty of asking the National Peace Council to exercise its statutory mandate and to badume the role of mediator in the deliberations on the above-mentioned subject.

"We are ready to meet you at any place and date proposed by the National Peace Council," said party secretary-general Johnson Asiedu Nketia.