The Minority in Parliament says they are yet to decide whether or not it will return to Parliament following their boycott of the house on Friday, February 19. The Minority insists until the Attorney-General drops charges against New Patriotic Party (NPP) activist Nana Darkwa Baafi, it will continue with the boycott.
The Minority's action is in solidarity with Nana Darkwa, the NPP activist who was incarcerated for passing unsubstantiated comments which imputed ill motive to former President Rawlings on an Accra-based radio station, Top Radio.
Nana Darkwa was granted bail in the sum of GH� 400 plus one surety by an Accra High Court on Friday after his lawyer Kwame Akufo filed an application at the court seeking bail for his client.
But despite his release, Minority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, says though the bailing of Nana Darkwa is a positive sign the minority will not rescind on its decision until the Attorney-General drops charges against the NPP activist.
�Admittedly it is a positive sign that something has been done�but we would continue to monitor developments between now and Tuesday and if we are satisfied we will review our position and see what action to take come Tuesday next week,� He said.
"Security"
Personnel from the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) and the Ghana Police Service on Thursday stormed the studios of the Kokomlemle-based radio station, Top Radio, following alleged comments made by Nana Darkwa on the station�s breakfast show that the Rawlingses, the former First Family, may have deliberately set their own Ridge residence on fire.
Police initially said the NPP activist was whisked away to protect him from an angry mob which had besieged the radio station, ostensibly to beat him up.
Interestingly, he was however, processed for court hours later and remanded into prison custody for two weeks to reappear on 3 March 2010.
The development has thrust Nana Darkwa into the limelight, and strangely enough, a few minutes after his release, Nana Darkwa emphatically stated that he will continually participate on talk shows on any platform as and when he is invited, and posits that his arrest has done little to shake his resolve to criticize the ruling government.
Source: Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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