New Patriotic Party (NPP) Communications Director, Yaw Buaben Asamoa has sent a quick reply to the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) over their comments regarding the Awutu Senya East Member of Parliament (MP), Hawa Koomson's behaviour at a registration center in her constituency.
Awutu Senya East Shooting
The MP, on Monday, July 20, 2020 went to the Step to Christ registration center but chaos erupted at the center resulting in a shooting incident.
Hon. Hawa Koomson explained that she went to the center because she had been informed that some unknown persons had been bused by her political opponent to participate in the voter registration exercise in her constituency.
Upon reaching there, she picked threat signals from some people at the center and so fired gunshots to save her life.
"I’m a Member of Parliament, I need to protect myself. It was at dawn, my police escort had not started work yet. So that is a mechanism I have adopted in his absence...I realised the lives of my people were in danger. So I wanted to scare the people. I fired the warning shots. I didn’t direct it at anybody," she defended her actions.
Sack Hawa Koomson
Reacting to the incident, the NDC has held a press briefing charging their members to retaliate any attacks on them if the government doesn't address the issue with importance and take immediate punitive action against Hawa Koomson.
The NDC National Communication Officer, Sammy Gyamfi described her actions as criminal.
“Section 198 of the criminal offences of Ghana 1960 act 29 section 189, 199, 200 downwards speaks about crimes against the peace of Ghana, rioting is a crime. What the woman has done is criminal, reprehensible, shameful, broth on our democracy and it cannot be defended,” Sammy Gyamfi said in an interview with TV3.
According to him, it was needless of the Awutu Senya East MP to carry a gun to the polling station because “there was noeminent danger, no threat to her life, no act of violence at the polling station before she got there to elicit the claim of self-defense''.
“These were not even warning shot, these were targeted shots. She targeted shots at her own constituents. If you look at the manner in which the shots were fired, they were aimed at people.
“When she missed her target, she together with her gun-wielding thugs invaded the polling centre, burnt the motorcycles of innocent registrants and some party agents of the NDC...For a minister of state, a lawmaker to take the law into her own hands in that gangstar-rambo style, destroying property and distracting the exercise for the whole day that is criminal.”
The Director of Elections of the NDC, Elvis Afriyie Ankrah also, at a press briefing in Accra on Wednesday, July 22, 2020, stated emphatically that the NDC will make sure Hawa Koomson faces prosecution, when they come into power, should she be absolved from the shooting incident.
"The NDC is totally disgusted by the thuggish and criminal shooting incident involving a gang of NPP thugs who were led by Hawa Koomson which has received both national and international condemnation and which have been admitted by the Minister of State herself," Mr Ankrah said.
NDC, A lawless Party
To Yaw Buaben Asamoa, the statements by the NDC leaders and members have exposed the lawlessness of the party.
He alluded to similar violent acts that were ignited by members and leaders of the party which the party leadership saw nothing wrong, neither did they sanction the perpetrators.
According to him, the press briefing by the NDC has confirmed the party has no regard for national peace and wondered how they intend to return to power with such unlawful character.
"The NDC holds a press briefing and says what, that they will deal drastically with soldiers and Police? Is this the atitude they want to rule this country with? The press briefing they did yesterday has exposed that the NDC members don't respect laws and don't want peace. This is not what Ghanaians expect", he said on Peace FM's morning programme 'Kokrokoo'.
Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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So what kind of police do we have at Ewutu that a whole MP, a woman no less, couldn't call them but felt compelled to load her gun and go restore order all by herself, burning motor bikes and sending hoodlums on the run ?? Eiiiiii. 😮. Rawlings no come near. She's got the blood of Yaa asantewa ooooo.
U never can hear yourself when u're talking traash. Is Hawa Koomson a police woman? Is she the one to address hoodlums?? NDC hoodlums were so afraid of her that they run off and allowed her to burn their motorbikes but she's the one who's scared for her life. So scared she loaded a gun from home and drove to the station without her police escort ?? I am scared for those renting her property. This unpredictable loose canon could wake up scared one day and defend herself against her tenants.
Mr Buabeng are you a normal being ??? Please you people should allow us to enjoy the little freedom we have in Ghana we are poor but thanks to God are peace is the only thing we need . We don't need any a gun any where in our leaves, if you a reasonable being Buabeng you must reprimand this lady than coming out to speak against NDC . Let's take for instance when that gun was fired " touch wood " and someone was hit by the bullet will you come to say all these things ??? You people should stop these ***barred word*** and think about Ghana. Ghana does not belong to any particular party , WE NEED PEACE BUABENG
I can now see that this Buaben Asamoa, is mentally unstable and need to be examine by a well qualified Doctor to know whether he has received a bullet in his head before.
The next time NDC should not do press conference, they should start slapping like buaben asamoa. The time to be soft should be over.
Is this man correct?