The Chairman of the National Peace Council, Rev Professor Emmanuel Asante, has said he does not feel safe with the current rise of pro-government party vigilantism in the country.
There have been about 20 recorded cases of outbursts of chaos from groups aligned to the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the wake of the party’s 2016 electoral victory.
The groups had resorted to the seizure of toll booths, public toilets, closure of public offices, to a series of protests against presidential appointees.
Recently, the NPP youth clashed with the police in Sissala and chased out the District Chief Executive for the area, Mohammed Bako, because their preferred candidate was not appointed as the coordinator for the Micro-Finance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) for the district.
Rev. Asante, reacting to the recurrent outburst of chaos by the youth on Accra-based Starr FM yesterday said he did not feel safe.
“Why would I feel safe if other people do not feel safe? No matter what my position is, and no matter what I put in place to protect myself or what clout I have, if an ordinary citizen of this country is not safe, I, as a citizen of this country, I’m not safe also and you are not safe,”he stated.
He charged the Interior Minister, Mr Ambrose Dery, and the police to put their jobs on the line to make sure the youth do not act with impunity, and that, persons who break the law are severely punished.
“We should all ask the police who have been given that mandate to ensure the peace of this country to account for that. They should be held responsible, and responsibility goes with accountability and I think that it is important the Ghana Police Service rise to the occasion,” he added.
According to Rev. Prof. Asante, the IGP or the Interior Minister resigning for not being able to restore law and order in the country “will indicate the maturity of our democracy that when something like this happens, people responsible for it are made to answer for what is happening”.
He continued: “Citizens should call on such people to resign because they have reneged; they have not been able to do what is expected of them. I trust the Minister of Interior, I know him very well, I worked with him, and I want to encourage him to truly put his job on the line and address this issue because this cannot go on in a country where we have accepted the rule of law. People cannot do this; we are not living in the jungle,” he stated.
Source: Daily Graphic
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If you don't feel safe you relocate
Where were you when Azorka Boys were menacing all over under both Prof. Mills and Mahama administration. The law must work not only under Akufo Addo government but all other governments
Why don't you feel safe? Once you do everything right and you don't step on people's toes wrongly and also don't compromise your integrity, then there is nothing to fear. Be in your lane and concentrate on the mandate that God has given unto you which is the great commission. Spreading the word of God don't bring fear at least in Ghana. THANK YOU
eh rev you were the head of the peace council during prez mahama time until now and all the atrocities that went on even during the elections you never commented . Rev where were you . Anokwa in as much that we all agree that what those guys are doing cast a bad image for the country you did nothing those days. Sometimes i wonder there is a peace council.
I am glad Ghanaians vote to choose who rules as a gov't. Let the government officials keep defending this ***barred word*** behaviour of their supporters. Time will surely tell. Have they forgotten NDC did and we termed it as 'propaganda'? Yoooooooo!
AHAAAAAAAAABA HOW THIS SO CALLLED PASTTOR CAN CLOSE HIS UGGL Y EYES TO SEE WHAT HE WANTS TO SEE.IF INDEED THERE IS HELLLE HE WOULD BE THE FIRSST TO BE THERE.
ALL DIE BE DIE SYNDROM. GHANA IS IN BIG MESS FOR VOTING IN NPP. IF NOT INVINCIBLE BOYS, THEN NIGER DELTA BOYS,OR BAFANABAFANA BOYS, OR BAKASI BOYS. I KNEW LONG AGO THAT IF AKUFO ADO IS VOTED INTO POWER, THEN LAWLESSNESS WILL TAKE OVER,IS JUST BY NATURE THEY WANT TO SERVE ONLY NPP MEMBERS? THAT'S DANGEROUS FOR GHANA.
Some body tell this '***barred word*** --hole'DONKEY called Rev Opuni-Ashante to just shut his mouth full of maggots besides has he just arrived from holiday from planet Mars ;this fake man of God should remember what happened under Jon Mahama ; did he complain about some of these evil things under Jon Mahama NDC ; if this full and a hypocrite does not feel safe then he can pack his bags and go seek asylum in the US or the UK because they always prepared to accept these thiff ;these pastors in Ghana and what they preach have been the wrecking of Ghana ; thety are involved in massive corruption and the same pastors including Mensah -Otabil ;Duncan Williams and other pastors will tell you that there is place called heaven and that we should go and pay tithes and and donate to their churches but ignore Ghana as a nation because we shall go to heaven and that in heaven all the roads are already built with the street paited with gold ; WHAT A LOAD OF EVIL PEOPLE; THIFFS ; RACKEETERS AND BANDITS ;EVIL REV ASHANTE JUST BEING A HYPOCRITE AND AN NDC LOSER !!!!
Well said Rev. The truth needs to be told about the current insecurity in the Country. The people in the helm of our security must sit up and do their work because we are all not safe.
Mr. Pastor, you are a big Hippocrate. months ago you would have said the government now you say police. let your yes be yes and your no be no.