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Freddie Blay, BNP Leaders, John Boadu and Samuel Ofosu Ampofo and Asiedu Nketia, NDC Leaders
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The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has proposed a preliminary meeting with the National Democratic Congress (NDC) on the dismantling of party militias, as advocated by President Akufo-Addo.
NPP Secretary General John Boadu said the party could convene "just a first meeting to agree on the mandate".
His proposal on Joy FM's Top Story hardly dissuaded NDC General Secretary Asiedu Nketia from realizing that the NPP was groping against the threat of militia aligned with rival parties.
Nketia said he could not understand why the NPP has not yet responded to the President's call by officially inviting him.
"We have not been invited to any meetings at all," he told Emefa Apawu on Wednesday, highlighting his party's enthusiasm for the meeting.
It's been 20 days and counts, but with little sign President Nana Akufo-Addo's appeal to both parties against the threat of political thugs will fall.
The praise for the bipartisan meeting proposed by the president during his State of the Nation address was criticized after he rejected NDC's call to include mediators in the meeting.
The NDC, which welcomed the president's appeal, said mediators such as civil society groups would help dispel deep-seated mistrust between the parties.
"Everyone in the country knows that there is bad faith between the two sides," Nketia said of the need for mediators.
The position of the NDC is supported by at least 12 civil society organizations.
"Why are they afraid of other people coming to participate? What's the problem? "Asked the NDC Secretary General his NAP compatriot during the Joy News interview.
But the secretary general of the NPP explained that a preliminary meeting could discuss the need for a mediator although he has maintained, calls for inclusion for a mediator is "too exaggerated".
But still, "we can watch it," said John Boadu. However, he was not sure of the date on which to fix this "first meeting"
"I think that by the end of the week, if we are certain of our schedules or by the beginning of next week, we will be able to find some time," said John Boadu.
He explained that the delay in the meeting was due to the fact that the national president of the NDC had broken the law.
NDC National President Samuel Ofosu Ampofo is being investigated for alleged national security threats contained in a tape.
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