A Political Science lecturer at University of Ghana has urged Minority Parliamentarians to exercise decorum in their quest for justice for victims of January 31 violence at La Bawaleshie in Accra.
Dr. Isaac Owusu-Mensah told the AM Show on the Joy News channel on MultiTV Wednesday that the MPs should give due process a chance.
He explained that the incident that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) MPs are protesting against is not a week old so to expect results from the security agencies would be non-practical.
“…so if they expect the government to have findings in less than a week, then they do not expect the police to do any good work,” Dr. Owusu-Mensah told host, Mamavi Owusu Aboagye.
He added that “if the committee report comes out and it’s not their favour they can take their next level of action.”
Dr. Owusu-Mensah’s comments come in reaction to the walkout of the Minority in Parliament on Tuesday while Lydia Alhassan was being sworn in as MP.
The Minority Chief Whip said on the floor of the House that the MP won the seat in a process they disagree with so they won’t be a part of her swearing in.
While walking out, the MPs held placards with several inscriptions. The most popular among them being “Bloody Widow.”
Mrs. Alhassan was the late Emmanuel Agyarko’s wife before his passing which made the seat vacant.
Scores of Ghanaians have since called out the MPs for the unsavoury reference but they are unfazed.
The NDC has defended their action saying that Lydia Alhassan was a beneficiary of the violence that ensued at one of the over 135 polling centres hence their action.
Dr. Owusu-Mensah while condemning the action of the NDC MPs noted that their explanation does not hold water.
He said Mrs. Alhassan contested the election on fairgrounds and was not responsible for the violence hence their tag on her was uncalled for.
