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“The initiative has been shown but I think that the structure he is suggesting won’t work. Just to tell NPP to invite your brothers NDC to come and sit and see how you can ban vigilantes is too simplistic," says former President John Mahama.
The former President was reacting to a call from President Akufo-Addo to the two major political parties to disband vigilante groups linked to them.
President Akufo-Addo, in his third state of the nation address (SoNA), told parliament on Thursday, 21 February 2019 asked the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to chart a path to bring an end to political violence mostly caused by vigilante groups. If not, he would apply legislation to disband them himself.
“I want to make a sincere passionate appeal to the leaders of the two main political parties in our country – NPP and NDC – to come together as soon as possible, preferably next week, to agree on appropriate measures to bring an end to this worrying and unacceptable phenomenon of vigilantism in our body politic," he said.
However, Ex-President John Mahama speaking on Accra-based Radio Gold, Friday morning says “the two parties alone can’t deal with this issue. The vigilantes are embedded in the Security Services and so if you said we should disband it, it must involve other stakeholders. It will take other stakeholders like the Peace Council to disband this. NPP and NDC alone can’t dissolve it. We should find a way of delisting them from the National Security.”
He has asked President Akufo-Addo to “take the initiative” because “it was the introduction of Akufo-Addo’s Bolga Bull Dogs among others that brought about the vigilantism”.
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Even you who freed new commentator vigilantes from due process started by your own judiciary finds the voice to call another mans effort simplistic. Simpa Payin!
Mahama is just hallucinating
Mahama you lose 2020 because the trains are coming. the railway net work will beat you on the ground.
No one should underrate the remarkable memory of Ghanaians. Our God lives!
SILLY...YOU NEVER HEARD OF AZOKA BOYS TERROR ON OBED ASAMOAH IN KOFORIDUA. THIS FORMWER PREZ MAHAMA CAN'T BE TRUSTED AT ALL. WHAT KIND OF NAIVITY AND SELECTIVE AMNESIA IS THIS. JUST BEING LOQUASCIOUS AND THATS ALL? JDM GIVE WAY TO THE SIX TO CONTEST...***barred word*** SYNDROME IS HAUNTING YOU DOWN TO BOOT FOR BOOT. NONSENSICAL EFFUSSION!
The only thing in Ghana that is possible for Mahama nag NDC is CREATE, LOOT & SHARE!
What did you do as former President when such things took place during your time? Or it was benefiting you! Now we will see who in Ghana wants this EVIL things to go on and who wants it STOPPED
To you everything is impossible, no wonder Ghanaians rewarded you with 44%, I have never seen a leader who is so incompetenttt like Ex President Mahama, If you are peacemaker, you would give alternatives , how do you expect Ghanaians to hand over the baton to you again, This is what Bagbin has been echoing into the ears of the NDC voters all the time,President Mahama doesn’t have qualities of a Good leader, John Mahama is an apology for an Ex President.
Simple plan is far better than no plan.... Show us yours...... This Kanazoe ford bribe man is seriously annoying. There is no sensible person left in the corrupt NDC.... Only corrupt greedy ***barred word*** with sharp teeth. I always refer to the NDC as a gang of cri.minals.....
Honestly, if some Ghanaians vote for this man, I’d be shocked beyond the planet earth. Aaaaah! Is Mahama human?