The United Nations (UN) is yet to respond to a petition presented to it by leadership of pro-opposition pressure group, Let My Vote Count Alliance (LMVCA), over allegations of human rights abuses of some protesters in Ghana.
A petition addressed to the Human Rights Council of the United Nations General Assembly, is seeking punitive sanctions against some officers of the Ghana Police Service who allegedly unleashed violence on members of the group during their protest march to demand for a new voters’ register.
But speaking in an interview with Citi News, the convener for the group, David Asante, said they are yet to receive a response from the UN.
“As we speak now, we have not received any response yet so we are still waiting. We have officially lodged and filed a complaint to the UN General Assembly- Human rights chapter, and we are waiting patiently to hear from them,” he said.
David Asante however revealed that the group is optimistic the appropriate sanction would be proffered by the UN.
“We are hoping proper sanctions would be meted out to the nation. We are looking up to the UN once we have raised our issues; so it lies within their own confines and dictates to proffer the appropriate measures” he added.
A protest by the LMVCA to present a petition to Ghana’s Electoral Commission last month, was truncated after the demonstration turned violent.
The police were reported to have manhandled the protesters after they allegedly veered off the appropriate route identified to be used in the march.
A police investigative committee charged by President Mahama is however yet to give its report on the development.
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