The embassies of the United Kingdom (UK) and United States of America (USA) have been petitioned to refuse Kennedy Agyapong, Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, visa into their countries.
The petition also added Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Bernard Antwi Boasiako otherwise known as Wontumi and Peter Mac Manu, NPP’s Campaign Manager for election 2016.
According to Strategic Thinkers Network (STRANEK), a think-tank, the three them have made inflammatory statements likely to create violence in the country.
Both UK and USA recently released statements to condemn pockets of political violence occurring in the country and thence threatened to hold responsible those who incite violence including denying or revoking visas.
It was against the backdrop of these statements that STRANEK has provided names of politicians they believe have already caused some form of tension with their utterances and actions.
At a news conference, preceding the said petition, Nii Tettey Tetteh, Executive Director of STRANEK, said his organization supports their stance to save Ghana from noisome pestilence, hence their action.
In addition to the petition, he said they are including evidences of tapes and newspaper cuttings to make their case a strong one before the two embassies.
“We deem it fit to send those evidences to establish their case for consideration in sanctioning them, using the no visa sanction”, he stated.
He averred that he could not say the two countries have not experienced violence before but the measures they took to manage it qualifies them to send a caution to Ghana.
Explaining the reasons why the three should not be granted visas, Nii Tetteh posited that Kennedy Agyapong has made tribal bigotry comments and recently insulted the Inspector General of Police (IGP) as well as Madam Charlotte Osei, the Electoral Commissioner.
On Chairman Wontumi, he said, he had noted the slapping an MP, while Mr. Mac Manu also was cited to have made an inciting comment, seeking to say the NPP should be in power at all cost.
He was sure that the people involved either have dual citizenship or are regular visitors of the countries, and thus they should watch out for them and apply sanctions on them to serve as a deterrent to many others.
Nii Tetteh said STRANEK will continue to champion peace in the country and will not relent on their efforts to add to anyone who is caught by their lenses, regardless of the party they belong to.
He was optimistic that they will receive a positive response from the embassies since it was one way to ensure Ghana is free from violence.
Source: myradio360.com
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You are wasting your time . The two ppl have green card and several visas in their passport. Anyway they havent told you they want to run away . They have balls . What about Omane boama, Kwamena Ahwoi, Julius debrah ( he will go to Akorabo) Asiedu Nketia, Amissah Arthur and your Chief criminal JM . No Dubai here. We will deal with them when they cause mayhem? .If you dont know ask Ghaddafi. When you give instructions no body will take including the black dress ppl.
and ALL NDC GURUS N FOOOOOOLISH SOLDIERS
Don't mind them they think the whites value idi*ts in the ndc. That letter even if sent wouldn't land on anybody's table,it just went into the trash because the paper they used smelled bad. Moagyimi paapa aaah so all these people call themselves Ghanaians? Such people made Obama wondered if Ghana had two categories of people,the first time he stepped foot on Ghana soil was the end but George B*sh who was a white man came in several times when Papa Kuffuor was the president and slept in Ghana. Obama thought he was meeting people of high standard who make the black community proud but he met different people now look when they misbehaved and they sent a warning look at them disgracing the country. NDC IS NOT GOOD FOR THIS COUNTRY.WE ARE FAR ABOVE HAVING SUCH PEOPLE IN THE NDC AS OUR LEADERS.
Hahahaha my stomach ooooo I can't think far oooo and I can't think ***barred word***. This Tettey tetteh boy is very fuuuliish guy papapaaa
So ignorance is synonymous with think tank in Ghana today? What a mockery.
Kennedy Agyapong has American green card so he can go and come as he wishes. Ignoramus in power.
NDC has made Ghana so cheap
Aaaaaaba! NDC's snakeneck or what ever they are called.ohinta dua akyi onyame ahumooooooooh! cant you people find better way to collect some of the mahama paper. Cheap petition.where were you SNAKENECK when NDC men like Vanderpuye,collins Dauda and his brother, the boniay3 Asiedu nketia and others spoke. huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!
Americans can take their country..after all what...is it a gate way to heaven...
WHY THIS PETITION? PEOPLE SHD GROW AND MUST BE SENSIBLE.THIS DOES NOT HOLD WATER! JUST ABOUT A WEEK AGO, JOHN MAHAMA WAS IN THE NORTHERN REGION BEGGING THE NORTHERNERS TO VOTE FOR HIM.