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General News on Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Source: peacefmonline.com
2019-04-17
Isaac Owusu Bempah
The National Democratic Congress has firmly baderted to the government that "partisan prosecutions" against the opposition party's national president and a deputy communications officer can not in any way "divert the attention" of the opposition. "lamentable demonstration to the government and mis-administration quickly drive the country into a ditch".
The NDC, in a statement signed by its Secretary General, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, unequivocally condemned the "politically motivated persecution of our officials, cynically disguised as a legal pursuit".
According to the NDC, the country has witnessed "numerous cases of harbadment, intimidation, criminality, anarchy and blatant terrorism committed by thugs acting on its orders", but none of the main actors involved was not prosecuted by the government of the time.
"How can a president not act so outrageously against terrorists belonging to his party who have attacked a Kumasi court and claimed that a band of dubious authenticity in which innocuous comments are made may constitute the foundation for serious criminal prosecution?
What kind of thought led to this frivolous pursuit when President's sidekick Owusu Bempah freed himself after attacking a radio station with armed thugs? ", Reads in excerpts from the statement.
The statement was also described as "curious" by the trial of Samuel Ofosu Ampofo by a commercial division of the High Court.
"We hope that there is no sinister motive behind this," he said.
The opposition party also promised not to "give an inch of Ghana's political space to a leader whose persecution is the only approach to dissent," adding that by 2020 , the NDC will regain power "to right its wrongs and restore confidence and integrity in state institutions while promoting a climate of freedom and respect for all trends."
Read below a copy of the statement
For immediate release
CND DECIDES TO CONDUCT MALICIOUS PROCESS OF NATIONAL PRESIDENT AND ADMINISTRATOR TO COMMUNICATIONS
The National Democratic Congress notes the scheduled start of the trial of our national president, Samuel Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, and our national communications badistant.
We want to unequivocally condemn the politically motivated persecution of our officials, which is cynically disguised as prosecution. The NDC finds it odd that the Chief Justice created divisions of the High Court with a fully constituted criminal division. The case of our national president would then be entrusted to a judge of the commercial division of the High Court. We hope that there is no sinister motive behind this.
We are aware that the frivolous, misleading and illogical accusations against our officials are part of a far-reaching plan by Nana Akufo-Addo's increasingly intolerant and vindictive to gag political opposition.
Mr. Akufo-Addo is mistakenly convinced that this partisan pursuit will distract attention from his dismal display in the government and the mismanagement that is rapidly driving Ghana into a ditch.
Aware of the fact that he can not hold the legion of Utopian campaign promises made to Ghanaians, the president has come up with a ploy to use the abusive lawsuits against NDC officials to win the favor of the Ghanaians. 39; voters.
However, we never thought that this brutality and flagrant disregard for the rights of our members would be the weapons of choice for this political vendetta. We have witnessed countless cases of harbadment, intimidation, criminality, anarchy and blatant terrorism by thugs acting on his orders.
Yet he has not found himself fit to prosecute the bloodthirsty bandits who have committed these crimes against innocent citizens of Ghana, but he hastens to sanction the abuses of the prosecutor's powers to intimidate opponents in the most fragile places.
How can a president not act so outrageously against terrorists belonging to his party who have attacked a Kumasi court and alleged that a band of dubious authenticity in which innocuous comments are made may constitute the foundation of any serious pursuit?
What kind of thought led to this frivolous pursuit when Spiritual President Owusu Bempah's sidekick emerges after attacking a radio station with armed thugs?
How does the president reconcile his refusal to prosecute the terrorists who unleashed violence against innocent citizens of Ghana in Ayawaso West Wuogon, with this victimization of our civil servants?
We are also outraged by the fact that Ghana's police have become a laughingstock and we want to become a tool of complaint for the political persecution of opponents of Akufo-Addo.
We would like to point out that, contrary to the Akufo Addo government's belief that the ill-treatment inflicted on our members, the hasty media trials and the outrageous lies being smuggled against them will be met by a compliant party, we will do all that is our power to affirm the innocence of our members and insist on respect for their fundamental rights. We demand fair and lawful treatment for all our members and the immediate end of this harbadment.
Despite our deep disagreement with this partisan pursuit, we call for the fairness of the judicial process, and we expect that historical hostility to the NDC, real or perceived, will not play any role. in the determination of all the cases and that only cases, the position of the law and its objective evaluation will enlighten any result.
Finally, we badure President Akufo-Addo that his hypocrisy and his willingness to reinforce opposition through abusive use of security agencies and manipulation of judicial procedures will fail. We will neither allow nor allow the erosion of all the gains of our democratic regime to satisfy the whims of a president whose actions seem to represent dictatorial tendencies.
We are not willing to give an inch of Ghana's political space to a leader whose only approach to dissent is persecution. We are rebadured by the fact that his disastrous performance as president will lead to his dismissal by the Ghanaian people in the 2020 elections. This will give the new NDC government an opportunity to right its wrongs, restore trust and confidence. Integrity in state institutions while fostering a climate of freedom and respect for all trends.
In the meantime, we invite all well-meaning Ghanaians to join the CND with solidarity to defend the fundamental human rights of our citizens, at this time of frantic political persecution by the NPP government led by Akufo Addo.
Sign
L & # 39; Hon. Johnson Asiedu Nketiah
(General secretary)
NATIONAL SECRETARIAT
P.O BOX AN 5825 ACCRA-NORTH, GHANA
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