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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.