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Minority spokesperson on Defence and Interior has charged government to go beyond setting up a commission to inquire into the violence that charact"},"modified":"2019-02-15T19:20:54","modified_gmt":"2019-02-15T19:20:54","slug":"minority-wants-govt-to-go-beyond-emile-short-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/02\/15\/minority-wants-govt-to-go-beyond-emile-short-commission\/","title":{"rendered":"Minority wants gov’t to go beyond ‘Emile Short Commission’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Minority spokesperson on Defence and Interior has charged government to go beyond setting up a commission to inquire into the violence that characterised the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election and implement its recommendations.<\/span><\/p>\n

James Agalga said although the Minority welcomes government\u2019s move to get to the bottom of the incident, it will come to nothing if at the end of the day it turns out that lip service is paid to such a serious issue. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cGovernment\u2019s response shows how it is reeling under pressure piled on it by the Minority in Parliament, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and some well-meaning Ghanaians,\u201d he told Evans Mensah on Top Story on Joy FM, Wednesday. <\/span><\/p>\n

Explaining why they called for an independent enquiry, he said the police acting by themselves won\u2019t have the courage to deal with acts of hooliganism and criminality that occurred at the La Bawaleshie area.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cThis is because you have people who are at the <\/span>centre<\/span><\/span> of the attacks still in office. I will be blunt here, I am talking about the National Security Minister, Bryan Acheampong, who took full responsibility for the deployment of the thugs. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Bryan Acheampong,\u00a0National Security Minister<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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\u201cIf you look at the security architecture of our country, to some extent the National Security Minister works hand in hand with the Inspector General of Police so if he continues to stay in office how is the IGP going to be able to investigate him,\u201d he quizzed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Related:\u00a0By-election violence: Bryan Acheampong must step down \u2013 Agalga<\/p>\n

His comment follows\u00a0government<\/span>\u00a0decision to establish a three-member commission to inquire into the violence that marred last Thursday\u2019s by-election in the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency in Accra.<\/p>\n

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