TWO GHANAIAN citizens have petitioned President Akufo-Addo to expand the terms of reference of the Justice Emile Short’s Commission of Inquiry probing the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election shooting incident.
The two, Eric Nartey Yeboah and Yussif Ibrahim Bangsua have prayed the President include other by-elections held in the past which were characterized by violence.
In their 11 points petition to the president sighted by DGN Online, the petitioners expressed doubt about the ability of the commission to nib elections violence in the bud given the terms of reference of the commission.
The petitioners made references to the Wulensi, Talensi, Akwatia and Atiwa by-elections as the foundation of by-elections violence in Ghana and they need to be part of the terms of reference of the commission in order to be able to deal with the root cause of by-elections violence in Ghana.
According to the petitioners, victims of the previous by-elections have been gravely discriminated against much as the perpetrators have also been left unpunished.
“It is in the interest of the State, unity and peace to end all elections related violence and that’s why setting up a commission of inquiry is critical in the circumstances but the limited nature of the terms of reference of the commission would leave the country more injured than healed,” they said.
The three-member Commission will continue its public sittings into the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election shootings today.
The shooting incident left six persons injured on Thursday, January 31, 2019.
Source: Daily Guide
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I think it is in the right direction. So that the whole world will see what the holier than thou ex-president Mahama, who has gone globe trotting with the Ayawaso incident will know what he superintended over.
***barred word*** ***barred word*** ***barred word*** WISE UP... YOU HAVE A WHOLE PRESIDENT SPONSORING PEOPLE TO KILL FOR POLITICAL POWER. THESE PEOPLE WORE DRESSES IN THE NAME OF THE POLICE AND YOU THINK BRINGING WHAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST IS THE BEST WAY FORWARD.. IF IT'S SAME, WHY WORRY FOR IT TO BE BROUGHT... KEEP QUIET AND FACE THE CONSEQUENCES . WHY WON'T WE BE CALLED SHITHOLES.
WHO IS THESE AKOTO MAN DISPLAYING HIS IGNORANCE TO OUR EMBARRASSMENT. ? HOW CAN IT BE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS THAT ACHIEVED THE SAME RESULTS/? VIOLENCE. SO HOW CAN WE NEGLECT SOME AND TREAT OTHERS1
STOP YOUR MYOPIC ANALYSIS, VIOLENCE IS VIOLENCE WHETHER COMMITTED BY STATE SPONSORED APPARATCHICKS OR PARTY SPONSORED APPARATCHICKS. WHY ARE YOU GUYS SEEKING JUSTICE RUNNING AWAY FROM A TOTAL REVIEW OF ALL BYE ELECTION RELATED VIOLENCE. ? THOSE WHO SEEK EQUITY MUST GO WITH CLEAN HANDS.
WHY ARE YOU TRYING HARD TO COMPARE THINGS THAT DOES NOT EXIST OR TO COMPARE STONES WITH GROUNDNUTS. WHAT HAPPENED AT ATIWA, CHEREPONI, TALENSI ETC BYE-ELECTIONS WERE CLASHES BETWEEN SUPPORTERS OF POLITICAL PARTIES AND NOT A PLANNED STATE SPONSORED AND MANAGED PARTY VIGILANTE GROUPS THAT MASQUERADED THEMSELVES AS NATIONAL SECURITY OPERATIVES USING STATE SECURITY VEHICLES AND AMMUNITION TO CAUSE DAMAGE TO LIVES AS WE WITNESSED IN AYAWASO WEST WUOGON. YOU CANNOT HOOK WINK GHANAIANS BY TRYING TO EQUALIZE THE TWO. THEY ARE ENTIRELY DIFFERENT SCENARIOS. THE GOVT IN FURTHER TRYING TO DO DAMAGE CONTROL BY LINKING THESE TWO EVENTS IS RATHER DESTROYING ITSELF THE MORE.