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General Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu, it was in the right direction that President Akufo-Addo took the bull by the horns and tasked the Attorney-General to speed up legislation on vigilantism.

To him, the back and forth letters from the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to the President were a mere waste of precious time.

Speaking on Okay FM’s Ade Akye Abia Morning Show, NPP Chief Scribe hinted that he has held discussions with his National Chairman Freddie Blay on the next option but it appeared the opposition party was only interested in writing letters and stating demands.

“One thing is that even though we have the power, we are a political party just like the NDC and so it is not the time to write before we can find the correct time to meet and talk extensively on the issue . . . later, a letter can follow,” he hinted.

“They have been writing to the President and the President has been responding back and forth; what does that mean? Why didn’t they write to NPP instead? The day President Akufo-Addo spoke in Parliament, he said these two major political parties should sit down and discuss ways of ending vigilantism. It is through the discussion that we can now decide that we need UN, a particular clergy, or maybe Jesus Christ to mediate before we resolve the issue of vigilantism,” he added.

Responding to Asiedu Nketia’s assertion that there are existing laws to deal with vigilantism, John Boadu said the legislation being advocated by the President will wield all the pieces of the law on vigilantism as one, being specific and also empower the judges to deal with people who engage in the act.

“As for me, whether this is law or no law, if you commit a crime, it should remain a crime. If you know you are not going to commit any crime, why must you be bothered when laws on crime are made? Vigilantism, if Nana Addo brought it as the NDC claims, and is now saying he is making a law to disband it, what issue do you have with it?”, John Boadu asked.