General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, has expressed disappointment with proceedings at the first meeting between his party and the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP).
According to him, his expectations were not met.
The NPP and the NDC on Tuesday met for the first time to chart a path to end the canker of vigilantism in the country following calls by the President for them to do so.
It was held at the Peace Council’s offices on Tuesday, April 9.
Chairmen of the two parties led high-powered delegations made up of current and former Ministers of State into the meeting, which was held behind closed-doors.
A communiqué issued at the end of the meeting and signed by NPP’s Freddie Worsemao Blay and NDC’s Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo indicated that the two parties are “committed to exploring other processes in relation to the elimination of vigilantism”.
However, Asiedu Nketiah who was part of the meeting bemoaned the fact that the NPP did not want the discussion to be on activities of vigilante groups in general, but only on those connected to the two political parties.
"I was disappointed about the outcome of the meeting; my expectations were largely not met . . . my expectations were that this meeting was going to deal with the scope of the discussion; vigilantism; what can be discussed as part of the national dialogue, as well as scope of participation, but unfortunately when we went we could neither agree on the scope completely or the level of participation by other stakeholders . . . we could not agree on the scope even though we made progress," he indicated in an interview with Citi Eye Witness News on Tuesday.
Source: Rebecca Addo Tetteh/Peacefmonline.com/[email protected]
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If u are serious going for a negotiation u go with serious professionals not these weasels and good for nothing characters. Right from day one they came up with funny conditions you should know they are not interested. They cannot win an election without these guys.
Massa you better concentrate on developing the nation and stop following these good for nothing ndc ***barred word***-s-. You make such decisions at the beginning of the sitting and you think you can get a headway. Apuuuuuuu The government must not spend useful time with the ndc. They are not serious in life except to come to power a mismanage state coffers.
All the plans of the NDC are shattered should Ghana go ahead and disband Vigilante groups ahead of 2020...Some of us are too clever for the NDC and their "tactics"
THE NDC IS EVIL, THEY WILL SET IMPOSSIBLE CONDITIONS TO DISCREDIT THE FORUM AND THROW IT OVERBOARD, BECAUSE WITHOUT POLITICAL CRIMINALS THEY CANNOT WIN ANY ELECTIONS IN GHANA. NDC STARTED ALL THESE VIGILANTE ***barred word*** IN GHANA POLITICS.
The NDC is subtly trying to smuggle in Ofosu Ampofo's case with the law and make it a condition for "successful" engagement. Yesterday, they lied about having been called by the police while still at the meeting. This leaked tape thing should not be treated lightly at all. Events following points to the credibility of the NDC's secret plot. The government needs to WAKE UP!