The minority wants the government to go beyond the "Emile Short Commission"

General News on Thursday, February 7, 2019

Source: Myjoyonline.com

2019-02-07

A minority-owned defense and interior spokesman instructed the government to go beyond creating a commission to investigate the violence that has taken place. characterized the partial election of Ayawaso West Wuogon and implement its recommendations.

James Agalga said that even if the minority welcomed the government's decision to shed light on this incident, it would come to nothing if, at the end of the day, it was not enough to say that people were making fun of it. of this serious problem.

"The government's response shows how much it is under pressure from the minority in Parliament, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and some well-meaning Ghanaians," he told Evans Mensah in Top Story on Joy FM. , Wednesday.

Explaining why they called for an independent investigation, he said the police, acting on their own, would not have the courage to deal with hooliganism and crime in the La Bawaleshie region.

"It's because some people who are at the center of attacks are still in power. I am going to be direct, I am talking about the Minister of National Security, Bryan Acheampong, who took full responsibility for the deployment of the thugs.

"If you examine the security architecture of our country, the Minister of National Security works to some extent in close collaboration with the Inspector General of Police. Therefore, if he continues to perform his duties, how can the IGP investigate him? "He questioned.

His comment follows the government's decision to create a three-member commission to investigate the violence that stained the Thursday's by-election in the Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency in Accra.

Francis Emile Short, former Commissioner of the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), chairs the Commission. It is also composed of Law Professor Henrietta Mensa-Bonsu and former Inspector General of Police Patrick Kwarteng Acheampong.

Ernest Kofi Abotsi, a private lawyer and former dean of the GIMPA Law School, has also been appointed Secretary of the Commission.

Although the member for Builsa North agrees that the personalities are people who have accomplished a great deal in their respective areas of work, he said that the minority is waiting for an impartial committee.

"In accordance with the mandate set out in Chapter 23 of the Constitution, we hope that the investigation will be very impartial and that ultimately, the government will implement their recommendations.

"We would not want to repeat what happened with the Wuaku Commission. At the end of their work, all those who had recommended to sue him, none of them were sentenced. For me, this added to the length of the conflict in Dagbon, "he said.