The managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr says the major reason why mob action is increasing in the country is the ‘lack of faith in state institutions’.
“What we are discussing is a national security situation; it’s a major challenge for national cohesion, a functioning state. What we are discussing is a sliding into a banana republic…what we are talking about is impunity; the lack of faith in our security establishment. The refusal of state actors to punish crime, that’s what we are talking about…and we should focus attention on that in order to deal with the problem
…we’ve had a situation where the ECG office has been attacked and vandalised by persons who claim to have grievances against ECG. They did not go to the police, they did not go to the court, they simply attacked the ECG and burnt the office…it should be telling us something. The fundamental question in all of this is; why is it that citizen feel or have been made to feel that when they have grievances, recourse to state institutions will not address those grievances and that they would have to address those grievances themselves?” he rhetorically asked.
Kwesi Pratt, who was commenting on the lynching of Captain Maxwell Mahama, said during a panel discussion on Radio Gold’s Alhaji and Alhaji that if soldiers are not having confidence in the police to do its work, how much more civilians.
“The soldiers say they have no confidence in the police and that they should be allowed to handle a case of alleged murder; how different is that from all the other people who are refusing to go to the police? How come foreign mining companies come to operate in our country and our security services decide that detachment of our armed forces should go and protect them; protect them against whom? What is the role of the army; is the role of the army to protect us or the foreign multinational companies who are wreaking havoc in our communities? Why send an innocent fine officer to go and protect one of these foreign companies? Why? I don’t understand. That is why I am in full sympathy with the soldiers who are saying that from now on they should not be involved in those operations. The soldiers that are saying they should not be involved in such operations are saying something that we ought to listen to,” he said.
Source: Peacefmonline.com
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the average ghanaian talks more than what he/she can do.everything in ghana is politicized from public toilets to whatever. we do not elect people of substance to parliament except talkatives, connection people and liars. the president is no different, hence low productivity. how can a chinese far away in Asia learn of galamsey in ghana. this is all politics. As a nation we have no priority, no forward planning, full of con and deceptions by so called men of god, the orthodox churches are no different, full of idioooots and inward people. people organize coup de tat to make money and properties for family and cronies. are we serious as a nation
My family and I have vowed not to go to the police no matter what happen to us in Ghana or take a case to law court in Ghana due to our experience and experience of other poor Ghanaians. I see police and other security officers all the time and I try my best to avoid them -I don't even look at them!. I have witnessed few crime in my life in Ghana but refused to give important information to Ghana police. I feel bad for taking such a route but that's the best for my family and I.
Truth hurts....i agree with you kik.God help this country
The black man is just sstupid...you people just talk and talk and wallow in poverty....other countries are using plastic waste to produce blankets and rain coats...what do we see in our gutters? We have bamboo everywhere in Ghana that can be used to produce household stuff....but what do we see? We have clay that can be used for red bricks and ceramics,but what do we see? We have salt that can be used for so many things....we have almost everything yet we there are no jobs....Ghanaians are just talkatives,thievës,fffoolish,hypocrites and lazy !!!
Now am getting confused, he was there to protect legal mining? was that his duty or that was the duty of the police?