{"id":628887,"date":"2019-05-31T07:12:21","date_gmt":"2019-05-31T07:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div id=\"post-518805\"><header>\n<div class=\"entry-post-meta\">\n<p>Date: <time content=\"2019-05-31T06:15:42+00:00\" class=\"entry-date updated\" datetime=\"2019-05-31T06:15:42+00:00\">May 31, 2019 6:15am<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div> \n<\/header><div class=\"entry-content c"},"modified":"2019-05-31T07:12:21","modified_gmt":"2019-05-31T07:12:21","slug":"govt-wont-succumb-to-pressure-to-release-short-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/05\/31\/govt-wont-succumb-to-pressure-to-release-short-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov&#8217;t won&#8217;t succumb to pressure to release Short report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-518805\">\n<header>\n<div class=\"entry-post-meta\">\n<p>Date: <time content=\"2019-05-31T06:15:42+00:00\" class=\"entry-date updated\" datetime=\"2019-05-31T06:15:42+00:00\">May 31, 2019 6:15am<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content clearfix\">\n<figure class=\"fff post-thumbnail\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"post_layout_5_img\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/05\/Deputy-Information-Minister-Kojo-Oppong-Nkrumah.jpg\" alt=\"Gov\u2019t won\u2019t succumb to pressure to release Short report \u2013 Oppong Nkrumah\"\/><span class=\"featured-image-caption\"><br \/>\nInformation Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah <\/span><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has said the President will not be stampeded into releasing the Emile Short Commission report on the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election violence.<\/p>\n<p>He was responding to the Minority\u2019s demand at a press conference for the report to be published to inform ongoing crafting of an anti-vigilantism law in Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>The Commission presented its report in March after its public hearings to the President.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <strong>Citi News<\/strong>, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah indicated that the ongoing processes are not affected in any way by the fact that the commission\u2019s report has not been published.<\/p>\n<p>He insisted that the state was not \u201csecond-guessing the constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe constitution of the Republic is clear that when you have a commission of enquiry, you have up to six months to make a determination on whether the report will be made public\u2026 It will be strange for anybody who knows the law; who knows the constitution and is very familiar with it to all of a sudden feign ignorances about what the constitution says.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Mr. Oppong Nkrumah also said even if the report is released it would not have a bearing on the crafting of the law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy do we suppose that without a public outing of the Emile Short commission report, persons cannot contribute to the Vigilantism Bill? It is a strange argument to make,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>If an input is needed from the report, the Minister said the Interior Ministry could be made privy to the report to aid the crafting of the law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe can be authorized by the President to have a reading and inform the discussions on the legislation with whatever recommendations are relevant to the Bill we are passing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ctx-article-root\"\/>  <\/p>\n<\/div>\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>Date: May 31, 2019 6:15am Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah The Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has said the President will not be stampeded into releasing the Emile Short Commission report on the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election violence. 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