Short probe: we will not be part of the hiding – Minority

General News on Wednesday, February 13, 2019

Source: clbadfmonline.com

2019-02-13

The minority in Parliament said it would not cooperate with the commission to investigate the violence at the partial election of Ayawaso West Wuogon.

The minority, in a statement, said that she "would not be part of a ploy to conceal or create immunity for the perpetrators".

The January 31, 2019 by-election in the constituency of Ayawaso West Wuogon was marked by violence when members of the National Security fired shots into the crowd gathered in the private residence of the candidate of the NDC in La-Bawaleshie.

Sixteen NDC sympathizers were injured, while other unarmed civilians were beaten by masked security agents.

Ningo-Prampram party deputy Sam Nartey George was also slapped in the fray.

The government set up a three-member inquiry commission to investigate this incident.

The Commission began its work on Monday, February 11, 2019, but the minority said it was upset that no arrests have been made so far, despite the fact that it has been destroyed. 39, plenty of video and photographic evidence.

They also argue that the findings of the commissions of inquiry can not be used for criminal prosecution and, therefore, they will pursue their own democratic paths in search of justice.

Below, the complete statement of the minority:

DECLARATION OF MINORITY IN PARLIAMENT ON THE JUSTICE OF VICTIMS OF TERROR SPONSORED BY THE STATE AT THE PARTIAL ELECTION AYAWASO WEST WUOGON

Today, it has been exactly one week since the minority boycotted parliamentary procedures and went to Ghana's police headquarters to demand justice, as a result of state-sponsored terror. which had characterized the January 31, 2019 by-election in the constituency of Ayawaso West Wuogon.

As we know now; Innocent and unarmed citizens, including our colleague MP for Ningo-Prampram – Sam Nartey George, were brutally attacked and others were shot and wounded, while many of them were hospitalized and that their lives have been permanently changed.

In the aftermath of the bloody attacks, which must also be seen as an attack on our democratic powers, the Minister of State for National Security, Bryan Acheampong, acknowledged that his team was responsible for recruiting these bandits. from the bloodthirsty party and their supply with the logistics, weapons and masks that they used to terrorize the taxpayer, President Akufo-Addo vowed to protect.

During our exchanges with the High Command of the police last week, we made it clear that the good people of this country that we represent in Parliament were expecting nothing less than a swift and comprehensive justice in this country. case.

Unfortunately, since this meeting with the Ghanaian police, not only has there been no communication with us, but, more worrying, there has not been an arrest of the guilty despite the existence of many information, including many extremely useful photos and videos. investigators in all jurisdictions.

In addition, their leader and brain, Mr. Bryan Acheampong, has publicly stated that he knows the hooligans and that it was safe to badume that he could easily produce them so that they would face the law. if we expected Bryan to do the same for his crimes.

We wish to make it clear that, whatever the commission of inquiry thus established by the President, we reasonably expect criminal investigations and prosecutions to be conducted without prejudice to the work of the Commission.

The minority would not be part of any scheme to conceal or create immunity for the perpetrators.

The position we adopt in this regard is further reinforced by the Ghana @ 50 case, in which it was, inter alia, judged:

"It is, however, well-known that the persons against whom the Yendi Inquiry and the Accra Disaster Investigation Committee have made unfavorable findings have been prosecuted in the High Court, notwithstanding 280 clear of the constitution, which clearly represent the aspirations of the great men and women who conceived our constitutions of 1969, 1979 and 1992; the aspiration being that the conclusions of the commissions of inquiry should never become criminal trials … According to the aspirations of the founders of our constitution that the conclusions of a commission of inquiry should not turn into a criminal trial, j It concludes that Ghana @ 50 The Board of Inquiry itself has committed an error of respect in recommending that the government pursue the plaintiffs in this case. "

It was further emphasized that:

"From the historical evolution of the investigative commissions in our constitutional framework, it should now be clear that the reports of such commissions containing adverse findings are High Court judgments as defined by the Constitution, and the persons concerned by this judgment have the right to appeal to the Court of Appeal. If this were the thinking of the drafters of our constitution, as the constitutional proposals in this case demonstrate, then could the Attorney General be right to institute proceedings against the persons concerned against whom the Republic has already obtained a judgment; what judgment do they have the right to automatic appeal? No, I think that the provisions of chapter twenty-three of the 1992 Constitution are sufficiently clear about the intentions and aspirations of the authors as expressed in paragraph 301 of the 1978 Constitutional Proposals. "- In the Republic v Kojo Mpianim & anor aka Ghana @ 50 Marful-Sau Judge (as he was then).

The minority in Parliament wishes to let us know that we will not stop pursuing the series of democratic actions that we had previously announced until we are convinced that there is a real effort to hold the cowardly masked perpetrators responsible for their crimes.

We have all worked to nurture democracy, which has become a proud reference for the international community, and we are determined to ensure that rogue elements who seek to undermine gains and make Ghana a banana republic are not allowed to succeed. .

Sign,
Haruna Iddrisu (MP)
Leader of the minority