The Minority in Parliament is threatening to hold back on cooperations with the government if it fails to call thugs associated with the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to order.
This follows incidence of violence leading to the destruction of state properties after the 2024 election. Perpetrators of such acts have been reported to be affiliates of the ruling NDC party.
Following some violent incidents marring the 2024 election which resulted into the Electoral Commission’s (EC) inability to complete collation at some polling stations, the EC sought to do a recollation at the affected centres.
One of the prominent areas affected was the Ablekuma North constituency. As a result, the EC had set a new date for recollation and declaring of results. However, the EC could not undertake the exercise successfully yet again, as some thugs reportedly affiliated to the NDC distorted proceedings.
During a media engagement, the Second Deputy Minority Whip, Jerry Ahmed Shaib called on the President Mahama to the Election Security Taskforce to take immediate actions to resolve the issue.
“To President Mahama, we call on you to take immediate steps to call your party thugs to order. You cannot pretend to be unaware of all the lawlessness and violence in this country. We also call on you and the Ghana Police Service. IGP Dampare, we call on you and the Election Taskforce to rise to the occasion and enforce law and order without hesitation,” the Minority Whip said.
“The EC officials and all the stakeholders in this electoral process must be protected. They are Ghanaians just like us. We hereby serve notice that should the president who is the Commander-In-Chief fail to take steps to protect the ordinary citizens through lawful means and withdraw cooperation in parliament,” he added.
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