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General News of Tuesday, February 5, 2019
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2019-02-05
Joseph Whittal, boss of the CHRAJ
The Commissioner for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Joseph Whittal, described calls for former President John Mahama to apologize for his explosive reaction to following the chaos that had characterized the partial election of Ayawaso West Wuogon as unfair.
Mr. Mahama, reacting to the chaos in which six people suspected of being supporters of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), were shot dead at the Baweleshie center of the constituency, warned that the NDC could be more violent and more chaotic than the NPP.
"I want to warn that NDC has a revolutionary root and that when it comes to unleashing violence, no one can beat us against that," said Mahama.
The NDC has withdrawn from the partial election won by the governor of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Lydia Alhbadan, as a result of the violence.
Mahama's comments upset many, including the National Peace Council. The President of the National Peace Council, Emmanuel Asante, urged the former president and other political leaders to be cautious in their statements.
"I invite (Mahama) to mitigate its effects. I think he may have talked about the heat of what happened yesterday and I ask him to calm down, "said Professor Asante Friday morning in Starr.
Others went so far as to ask the former president to apologize for what they said were unfounded comments about his status – a claim Whittal rejected. Well Named.
On Monday morning, he told Francis Abban that it was unfair to apologize to Mahama, while others, including the Minister of the Interior and National Security, did not say anything about it. have not asked.
"I do not think his statements are in good taste. But then to ask him to apologize when we did not call on National Security to apologize for this frenzied attack on democracy, I do not think it's fair, "said Whittal.
Dangerous sign before 2020
The National Commission on Civic Education (NCCE) warned Thursday that the violence that characterized the by-elections was a dangerous sign before the general election of 2020.
"It will be extremely difficult for us, as a country, to extinguish a nationally violent fury of aggression once it begins," the NCCE warned, calling for immediate action.
CHRAJ, in a previous statement, had called on the Inspector General of Police to take measures to punish masked individuals who inflicted contempt on voters.
"The Commission considers that the security measures taken for this by-election by the Ghana police were inadequate and that heavily armed, masked and hooded security officers were deployed to the La Bawaleshie voting center to harbad, intimidate and shoot blindly on the electorate. harming some in the process as criminal and despicable acts that should not go unpunished, "he said.
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) condemned the violence in which Ghanaians were urged, in a statement, not to be complacent about peace in the country.
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