The National Democratic Congress (NDC) says it will not prevent its members who were attacked during the recent Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency by-election, from taking part in the Commission’s activities.
However, the opposition party says, as an institution, they will not attend the sitting of the Commission.
The Commission has said it will invite some persons in the NDC despite their boycott of the process.
Speaking on Okay FM's ‘Ade Akye Abia’ programme, General Secretary of the party, Mr. Asiedu Nketia explained their members are at liberty to go out of their own volution.
However, he added, the party is still going to pursue other avenues of justice following the by-election violence.
“While we will not participate in the activities of the Commission, while we would be pursuing the course of justice for the victims in the attack, we would not stop or we will not bar any victim from appearing before the Commission whether they are NDC members or not,” he said.
The party maintains the incident demanded prosecution for the security personnel caught on camera and implicated in the violence.
“We have presented all these form of evidence to police so what do they want the Commission to hear again?”he asked.
The NDC has conveyed its distrust of the Commission in an earlier statement.
“We are also aware that the establishment of the Commission of Inquiry is the government’s attempt to try to shield its party-affiliated hoodlums from criminal accountability.
"We do not need an entire Commission of Inquiry to identify those who were involved in this illegal and unconstitutional operation,” Mr. Asiedu Nketia added.
The Emile Commission was instituted by the president to look into the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election violence.
The Emile Short Commission which was mandated to investigate the violence that characterized the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election begun sitting on Thursday, February 14.
In a release Tuesday, February 12, the Commission notified the general public “inviting the submission of relevant memoranda to aid in the investigation and for the effective conclusion of its work.”
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No wonder, NDC, as usual, messing up among themselves. Credibility in all sphere of the NDC's political life is a weird word. The NDC as a political Party has no responsible tradition which portrays clear values of true democracy. It is all about lies and bullying in any form to get political power, be it rigging elections or murdering to maintain power, NDC has them in her drawers. Buying votes with bags of rice are certainly the least. And I dearly hope NDC will not turn around to blame NPP for instigating the vote buying with rice. You can look at every corner and you will clearly agree with me that NDC as a political Party has a fundamental problem.
Fii,it could be printing mistake! sometimes the keypad give you a word you just don't know how it came about so I don't fault people on such petty mistakes.As I was typing now don't was spelt font and if I had posted it somebody would have insulted me. Anyway Abena, I love your confuse. com
Peacefm editor, is it by force to use any word even if you don't understand it. Simple word like volition you are spelling volution. Why? If you don't know, just open the dictionary and make some reference. In this technological age, if an editor can make such mistakes then he needs to be replaced. VOLUTION FOR WHAT? WOA BONN PAAAAAAAA.
NDC should also take action on the cases of brutalization that happened during bi-elections at Akwatia, Chereponi, Talensi, Atiwa and others. You might have noticed that in bi-elections like Abetifi and Abuakwa North in which NDC did not participate there was no violence at all. The problem of election violence comes from NDC and nobody else.
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Asiedu Nkatia is not making any sense because if you say NDC will not participate in the work of the commission but not stop individuals in NDC from attending to testify. NDC is composed and represented by individuals so if one known NDC person attends, the NDC has been represented. If the NDC intends to pursue other avenues of justice such as court, they can do so after all, Asiedu Nketia said: "Kw.asia biara can go to court" so if today the NDC finds itself as "kw.asia" then they too can go to court. Please if you go to court, remember to sue on behalf of Justice, the gentleman who was shot in the eye in 2015 when they went on demonstration and is now blinded in one eye.