{"id":606486,"date":"2019-04-09T22:35:23","date_gmt":"2019-04-09T22:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Tuesday,  9 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>3news.com <\/p>\n2019-04-09\n\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/04\/86644689.29"},"modified":"2019-04-09T22:35:23","modified_gmt":"2019-04-09T22:35:23","slug":"vigilantism-is-inimical-to-ghanas-democracy-npp-ndc-agree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/09\/vigilantism-is-inimical-to-ghanas-democracy-npp-ndc-agree\/","title":{"rendered":"Vigilantism is inimical to Ghana\u2019s democracy \u2013 NPP, NDC agree"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Tuesday,  9 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>3news.com <\/p>\n<p>2019-04-09<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/86644689.295.jpg\" alt=\"Vigilante Dialogue\" title=\"Vigilante Dialogue\" width=\"295\" height=\"166\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Chairmen of the two parties led high-powered delegations into the meeting<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Ghana\u2019s two major political parties have agreed that vigilantism must be eradicated from the democratic system since it is \u201cinimical\u201d to it.<\/p>\n<p>The New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) came to the agreement after an \u201copen\u201d and \u201cexhaustive\u201d deliberation mediated by the National Peace Council (NPC) in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>The deliberation followed calls by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to have the two major parties meet to disband their respective vigilante groups.<\/p>\n<p>It was held at the Council\u2019s offices on Tuesday, April 9.<\/p>\n<p>Chairmen of the two parties led high-powered delegations made up of current and former ministers of state into the meeting, which was largely held behind closed-doors.<\/p>\n<p>A communiqu\u00e9 issued at the end of the meeting and signed by NPP\u2019s Freddie Worsemao Blay and NDC\u2019s Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo indicated that the two parties are \u201ccommitted to exploring other processes in relation to the elimination of vigilantism\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>However, they disagreed on the immediate focus of the mediation.<\/p>\n<p>While the ruling party is said to be calling for the eradication of \u201cpolitical party vigilantism in all its ramifications\u201d, the opposition party wants the eradication of \u201cpolitical vigilantism in all its ramifications\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>But they both saw eye to eye with the disbandment of vigilante groups within political parties or for political purposes, prohibiting the ownership, hiring or utilization of such groups by the political parties or members thereof and cooperating with state agencies and stakeholders to ensure the total eradication of such groups or any incidence of vigilantism.<\/p>\n<\/div>\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>General News of Tuesday, 9 April 2019 Source: 3news.com 2019-04-09 play videoChairmen of the two parties led high-powered delegations into the meeting Ghana\u2019s two major political parties have agreed that vigilantism must be eradicated from the democratic system since it is \u201cinimical\u201d to it. 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