General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) says there is no way he and his party will flout COVID-19 directives laid down by President Akufo-Addo.
Thus Johnson Asiedu Nketiah asserts that he will not place himself in a position where he will be arrested for attending an 'illegal' meeting.
The NDC refused to attend a recent IPAC meeting organized by the Electoral Commission because it was against the directive by the president for all public gatherings to be suspended over the outbreak of the coronavirus.
The opposition party also kicked against the EC's plan to hold the meetings in two separate groups to ensure that social distancing protocol can be fully observed.
Speaking in an interview on Neat FM's Me Man Nti programme, he wondered why President Akufo-Addo said there should be no political activity, yet the EC went ahead to flout that order.
"Isn't the President surprised when he sets rules and it is being disobeyed? Didn't he say we should cease all political activities and concentrate on fighting COVID-19? Should we disregard that directive and be arrested by the police, whose fault will it be? The meeting was against the executive instrument... is the EC part of essential services? If it was part, the President would have said so...the president's directives on COVID-19 made the meeting illegal. How therefore can you take proper decisions at a meeting that is illegal? We couldn't have been part of an illegal meeting," he indicated.
Old and New Testament
Asiedu Nketiah also mocked the EC's plan to hold the IPAC meeting in two different sessions; describing it as the "old and new testament".
"We've never heard of a meeting where the issues are discussed in two groups; old and new testament meeting..." he derided.
Listen to Johnson Asiedu Nketia in the video below
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Mr Mosquito was deemed effective because of Sir John. This same antics that sent the ndc to opposition will not bring them back.
Let us agree to use the old voters ID and other particulars to do the new voters registers, period
WE SHOULD TAKE THIS ASIEDU NKETIA,s IDEALOGY SERIOUSLY JUST BECAUSE HIS EVIL PLANS HAVE BEEN EXPOSED BY KENNEDY AGYAPONG.NOBODY SHOULD ARGUE IT FOR NO REASON SINCE HIS POLITICAL CARRIER HAS NO VALUE TO ASSIST WE GHANAIAN.NDC WITHOUT THEIR FOUNDER AND NO RUNNING MATE FOR JOHN MAHAMA AT THE MOMENT IS LIKE......................APUUUUUUUUUUU
In my organisation that's how we have been arranging our meetings of late so I am surprise a whole General Sectary of a political party is displaying this level of ignorance at this time. Does he mean everything must come to a halt because of COVID 19? General please get serious.
What is it in the old register koraa
This man is very mischievous but not wise at all. There is no where in the directive that says don't attend any meeting. By his logic, all his party members who were at their recent press conferences should be arrested by the police because those "meetings" were also political activities just as the EC's. This gimmicks will not stop the new register to be compiled so the NDC should better change their baseless argument and get ready.