The NCCE must name, shame political parties supporting self-defense groups

General News of Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Source: Myjoyonline.com

2019-02-20

The National Commission on Civic Education has promised to continue to "condemn, name and shame all political parties that subscribe, support, sponsor and identify with one of these parties. [vigilante] groups."

The NCCE said Wednesday at a press conference that it had condemned the killing of a political activist of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), the late Wasiu Iddrisu.

The deceased was allegedly murdered by the Hawks who allegedly joined the opposition party in Kumasi on Monday at a party meeting.

"The NCCE maintains its condemnation of all political violence by rogue self-defense groups and therefore strongly condemns this latest incident," said its president, Josephine Nkrumah, to the press.

At this press conference, the NCCE said that it had warned all political parties before the 2020 elections to dissolve their self-defense groups, otherwise they would risk being named and shamed.

The NCCE conference comes at a time when the executive chairman has set up the Emile Short inquiry to investigate the violence that has tainted the recent Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election allegedly initiated by the pro-government militia. , the strength of the delta.