Deputy Minister of Sports, Pius Enam Hadzide has called on Ghanaians to remain calm and allow the Government of Ghana to undergo the necessary processes regarding the extradition of the two Gitmo detainees in the country.
Speaking on Peace FM's 'Kokrokoo' on Friday, June 23, the Deputy Minister told host Kwami Sefa Kayi that in as much as the citizenry would want to see the Gitmo detainees out of the country; the government must work within the remits of the law.
The Supreme Court on Thursday, June 22, ruled that the stay of the detainees is unconstitutional and so directed the government to bring the issue before Parliament within 3 months to determine the fate of the detainees.
Following the court ruling, several critics have argued that the government should immediately send the detainees out of the country without bringing the issue before Parliament.
The NSS Deputy Executive Director, Nana Boakye on the Friday edition of 'Kokrokoo' opined that the matter should be laid before Parliament for them to engage in the decision making process.
Countering the submission by the NPP Stalwart, Nana Boakye, on the programme was Kwesi Pratt, Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper who stressed that the government should sack the detainees from the country with immediate effect.
He wondered why the detainees are still in Ghana following the court ruling which makes the stay of two detainees, Mahmud Umar Muhammad Bin Atef and Khalid Muhammad Salih Al-Dhuby, unconstitutional.
But according to the Deputy Sports Minister, the detainees cannot just be hurled into a plane and returned to the United States or their country without due process.
He said there are procedures and arrangements to follow before such decision can be reached.
He dismissed claims purporting that the Nana Addo government is backing down on her calls on the previous government to repatriate the detainees.
He told host Kwami Sefa Kayi that the detainees are not friends of the government, saying “we don’t have any relationship with these people. We don’t have a problem of taking them back. But the point is that, I’m saying that, the Government of Ghana – John Mahama’s Government of Ghana had an arrangement to bring them in. Even if we going to take them back, we now need to have an arrangement with US government to take them back…But I believe that the Supreme Court gave the judgment in the manner that they gave it so that they can satisfy the purposive rule of the law. If you don’t do it that way, it’s chaotic”.
Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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the 2 criminalS GITMA goNtanabay should be returned immediately to go to america and teach DONALD TRUMP SENSE, JOHN MAHAMA MUST RETURNED THE $300 MILLION DOLLARS THAT OBAMA GAVE HIM TO KEEP THOSE 2 MISCREANTS AND DEGENERATE PEOPLE,WE WILL DO EVERY THING TO DEPORT THEM FROM GHANA, FROM GHANA PEOPLE
NPP SUPPORTER TALK NO-NSEN-SE, SO I DON,T LISTEN TO THEM,ESPECIAL FAIL PROMISES PEOPLE FROM ASHANTI REGION,WE ARE WAITING FOR FREE SHS AND ONE DISTRICT ONE DAM,ONE MILLION FOR EVERY DISTRICT.
Ndc are damn fo*ls who don't think a bit about this country,Ghanaians did well to kick the a$$es of these anti-Ghana nation wreckers out and never again will they come back. Their everyday thinking is to undermine somebody if even you are not part of it they will sow it to suit you. Where did Nana stand to tell Ghanaians immediately he comes he will send the GITMOS away when the case was still pending in the court through the campaign time? Ndc are evils,damn evils their everything is politics and ndc and is that going to win you elections? One thing about them is they think everybody think like them so they will never know their mistakes to rectify and that will keep them long in opposition Ghanaians are discerning and you can't fo*l them anymore. Instead of re-organising their fractured party and finding a way forward they are playing politics with everything which make them annoying and unattractive.
Before i ewver saw the comments i asked the question if the sport ministry was the right one to talk about thi issue.Isn´t it a shame for Ghana ?
Comoe are you okey at all.
Ghanaian politicians and talking to radio stations... Ask them anything and they will get u an answer someway somehow..no one teaches them protocol. How is a Deputy Sports Minister the one responding to such an issue - which is clearly not in your domain? How about simply directing the question to the right ministry? These guys really need to employ spokespersons eh.
No the campaign period is over and Nana Addo is faced with the reality. If nana is a man he should send the G2 back to US. Talk is really cheap. Act now npp if you can and stop shifting the goalpost.
If you want to know how truthful a group of people are you study how the abide by the laws of the nation. Nana Addo and his team should let their word be their bond. You said as soon as you come to power, these Mahama terrorist would be sent back. On assumption of office, you did nothing, now the SC has given the chance to do it, so why shifting the goalposts. If they do this, I bet you they will come and find excuse as to why free SHS and one dam one factory project cannot be done now. Bunch of ediotic liars.