{"id":594596,"date":"2019-02-26T15:04:16","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T15:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"<br><p>Tuesday marks the second day of Mr. Samuel George's appearance before the Emile Short Commission, the body set by the President to investigate the cause of the violence that marred the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-elections.<\/p><div>\n<!-- \/1002554\/MJO_An"},"modified":"2019-02-26T15:04:16","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T15:04:16","slug":"name-and-shame-politicians-who-own-party-militia-sam-george","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/02\/26\/name-and-shame-politicians-who-own-party-militia-sam-george\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Name and shame&#8217; politicians who own party militia &#8211; Sam George"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>Tuesday marks the second day of Mr. Samuel George&#8217;s appearance before the Emile Short Commission, the body set by the President to investigate the cause of the violence that marred the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-elections.<\/p>\n<div>\n<!-- \/1002554\/MJO_Announcement_250X340 --><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\">A National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) appearing before the Short Commission of Inquiry has said the naming and shaming of politicians who own vigilante groups can halt the menace. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\">\u201cName and shame anyone involved in these activities,\u201d Mr. Sam Nartey George told the Commission when he made his second appearance before them Tuesday. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline\/mjo-article-leaderboard_mid-1 --><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\">In the wake of violence which marred the recent Ayawaso by-elections, the President has set up the Emile Short Commission to \u2013 among others \u2013 make recommendations that can forestall future occurrences. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\">Mr. George\u2019s testimony before the Commission has become necessary following media footage that captured him being assaulted by men said to be National Security operatives but whom he claims are members of the governing New Patriotic Party\u2019s Invincible Forces.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline\/mjo-article-leaderboard_mid-2 --><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y_ge8pHO4l4\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\">According to Mr. Samuel Nartey George, many of those who own\u00a0vigilante groups \u201coccupy prominent positions in this country or have occupied prominent positions.\u201d But without naming and shaming these people,\u201d he added that \u201cwe will be engaged in a pretentious exercise.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\">Mr. George, who claimed to be \u201ca victim of party militia,\u201d said the \u201cbiggest issue\u201d dealing with party militia \u201cis the politicians taking ownership of these groups.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\">This latest stance of the Ningo Prampram MP comes a day after he had claimed before the Short Commission that the NDC Party militia, the \u201cAzorka Boys\u201d are owned by the party\u2019s National Vice Chairman, Mr. Sofo Azorka, even though he will rather \u201crefer to them as a community-based organization,\u201d involved in borehole drilling.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline\/mjo-article-leaderboard_mid --><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline\/mjo-article-leaderboard_mid --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async>(function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(d.getElementById(id))return;js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.10&appId=1559506714349564\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}(document,'script','facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday marks the second day of Mr. Samuel George&#8217;s appearance before the Emile Short Commission, the body set by the President to investigate the cause of the violence that marred the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-elections. 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