{"id":1109193,"date":"2022-06-03T14:02:16","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T14:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/06\/03\/oliver-barker-vormawor-others-apologize-for-armed-demo-politics\/"},"modified":"2022-06-03T14:02:16","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T14:02:16","slug":"oliver-barker-vormawor-others-apologize-for-armed-demo-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/06\/03\/oliver-barker-vormawor-others-apologize-for-armed-demo-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"Oliver Barker-Vormawor, Others Apologize For &#8220;Armed&#8221; Demo | Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Conveners for the Fix The Country Movement have apologized to the public for what its intended armed demonstration on June 4, 2022, has caused.<\/p>\n<p>The movement courted criticisms after it notified the Ghana Police Service of its plan to embark on an armed protest.<\/p>\n<p>The Ghana Police Service on Wednesday responded to\u00a0the group insisting that it can&#8217;t\u00a0embark on that three-day &#8216;armed&#8217; demonstration. <\/p>\n<p>The group made up of broadcasters Captain Smart and Okatakyie Afrifa, convener of the #FixTheCountry, Oliver Barker-Vormawor and Benjamin Darko intended to demonstrate on June 4 and picket at the Ghana Police Headquarters and the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC).<\/p>\n<p>However, according to the police, the demonstration has the potential to disrupt public order and public safety; hence they should reconsider and organize a lawful and peaceful protest&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Fixing the Country Movement has meanwhile, described them as &#8220;nation wreckers&#8221; and asked them to tread cautiously.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Committed Movement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a statement, issued on Thursday, June 2, 2022,\u00a0Fix The Country Movement said its approach was flawed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe unreservedly apologize to the public, especially our supporters. We wish to reiterate that #Fixthecountry is a movement committed to peaceful democratic accountability,\u201d the conveners wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this moment of clarity, we wish to recommit to actively ensuring that our activities and all attendees will be kept safe. We also recommit to continue fighting for victims of Police brutality who we intend to keep at the centre of our work,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n<h3><strong\/><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_133\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-133\" style=\"width: 1600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-133 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/938787836_423502.jpg\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1021\"  \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-133\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"\/><\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"peace_black_text_4\">Source: Peacefmonline.com<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"clear:both\">\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"peace_red_text_1\">Disclaimer<\/span>: <span class=\"peace_ash_text_1\">Opinions expressed here are those of the writers and do not reflect those of Peacefmonline.com. 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The movement courted criticisms after it notified the Ghana Police Service of its plan to embark on an armed protest. The Ghana Police Service on Wednesday responded to\u00a0the group insisting that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1091459,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[187],"tags":[2515,6398,7552,4673,7553,1753],"class_list":["post-1109193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics","tag-apologize","tag-armed","tag-barkervormawor","tag-demo","tag-oliver","tag-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1109193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1109193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1109193\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1109193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1109193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1109193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}