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General News of Tuesday, February 19, 2019
Source: citinewsroom.com
2019-02-19
He stressed that it was important to put an end to the threat of political vigilance
Baffour Amoa, a board member of the Small Arms Commission, warned of the danger of political parties in empowering and arming young men who he says can not control their emotions.
The prospect of losing control of our young men is a major threat to the peace of the country, he said Monday on Citi TV's The Point of View.
His remarks follow, among other things, the shootings recorded at the National Democratic National Congress Office of the Ashanti region in Kumasi that left one dead and another in critical condition. Police have named four suspected members of the pro-NDC group, the Hawks, as suspects.
Commenting on the magnitude of the threat posed by some of these groups, Mr. Amoa was keen to recall the devastating wars that devastated the countries of West Africa.
"We often talk about the Liberian and Sierra Leonean wars, I was in the midst of those wars and I saw what happened during and after the war. When young men are armed and you lose control of them, you can no longer have peace or protect property. "
"What happened in Kumasi tells us that young people are not able to control their emotions and that arming them means we play with fire … we must realize that arming young people who can not controlling their emotions when they are upset is very dangerous complicates the issue of security and proliferation of weapons, "he said.
In his badessment of Kumasi's early reports, Mr Amoa said he did not see how the situation had turned into shots.
He stressed that it was important to put an end to the threat of political vigilance.
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), David Asante-Apeatu, recently urged political parties to dissolve their self-defense groups, which highlighted the major threats to security.
"If we do not do it, I do not think we should think we are in safe places in this country … we may not be able to cope with the lethal response that this eruption can cause," we said. warned.
Political vigilance has been a source of concern for many people in the country who have called on the government to disband such groups belonging to the country's main political parties.
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