{"id":1007320,"date":"2022-03-01T13:33:20","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T13:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/03\/01\/boaben-asamoa-rubbishes-ndcs-commonwealth-petition\/"},"modified":"2022-03-01T13:33:20","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T13:33:20","slug":"boaben-asamoa-rubbishes-ndcs-commonwealth-petition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/03\/01\/boaben-asamoa-rubbishes-ndcs-commonwealth-petition\/","title":{"rendered":"Boaben Asamoa rubbishes NDC\u2019s Commonwealth petition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"782\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/image-57-696x782.png\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Yaw Boaben Asamoa\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yaw Buaben Asamoa,<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Communications Director of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Yaw Boaben Asamoa has pooh-poohed a petition by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to the Commonwealth Secretariat.<\/p>\n<p>In his view, the unfortunate action of the opposition berates Ghana\u2019s image as a sovereign nation.<\/p>\n<p>The NDC on Monday, February 28, 2022, sent a petition to the Commonwealth Secretariat over alleged gross human rights abuses of its members by the government.<\/p>\n<p>It argued that the Akufo-Addo government is using the judicial system to harass its members which in their opinion is against the tenets of good governance.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>The NDC, among other things, wants Commonwealth to investigate the matter and also monitor the human rights in Ghana, threatening the peace and security in Ghana.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large td-caption-align-https:\/\/www.adomonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/45956262-E90D-4423-BA91-BDC2577B977A-scaled.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"848\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/45956262-E90D-4423-BA91-BDC2577B977A-1024x848.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1981056\"  \/><figcaption>Johnson Asiedu Nketia, popularly known as General Mosquito, is a Ghanaian politician and the General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The General Secretary of the NDC, Johnson Asiedu Nketia insisted that the courts, under the current government, have been weaponized against citizens.<\/p>\n<p>But, reacting to this, Mr Boaben Asamoa on <strong>Adom FM<\/strong>\u2019s morning show, <strong>Dwaso Nsem<\/strong> said claims of intimidation and persecution of NDC members are baseless.<\/p>\n<p>He maintained that the NDC\u2019s litany of untruths peddled in the petition to the Commonwealth petition is borne out of malice.<\/p>\n<p>The NPP Director of Communications is certain the NDC wants to dent the enviable human rights record of President Akufo-Addo.<\/p>\n<p>Also, he indicated that the petition is an affront to Ghana\u2019s judicial system recognised as a credible institution in the sub-region.<\/p>\n<p>Yaw Boaben Asamoa said the government will ignore NDC and be focused on delivering on its mandate to Ghanaians.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"gCcbArh1IA4\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Gastritis- Badwam Afisem on Adom TV (1-3-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gCcbArh1IA4?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yaw Buaben Asamoa, Communications Director of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Yaw Boaben Asamoa has pooh-poohed a petition by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to the Commonwealth Secretariat. 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