IMANI Africa President, Franklin Cudjoe, does not expect any significant impact from the work of the Emile Short Commission.
He described the commission’s probe of the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election violence as a concert in remarks on Citi FM/Citi TV‘s news analysis programme, The Big Issue on Saturday.
“What we saw, what we’ve heard so far is one grand concert and there is a lot more because, at the end of the day, we are just going to be discussing this matter,” he said
Central to his concerns is the fact that the findings of the commission will not result in any prosecution.
“Where acts of crime may have been committed, there must be some responsibility. If the commission says persons who will come and give these pieces of evidence, they will be absorbed of any form of punishment, then I ask myself, to what end?”
Already, proceedings in the commission have highlighted lapses in security protocol and the lack of coordination between security agencies.
DSP George Lysander Asare, the East Legon District Police Commander, for example, noted that the scene of the confusion wasn’t properly processed as a crime scene and evidence mishandled.
“It is just an attestation to the fact that we play too much with serious matters of policy and in this instance, the security architecture we do have. Maybe it is a semblance of grand concerts which [we] keep playing,” Mr. Cudjoe remarked.
“For me, what I see confirms the fact that we have never had coherence in policy making in most of our national lives and security is one of them.”
He also noted that the issue of political vigilantism was not adequately addressed.
Source: citi
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It is a boy; no it is a man with beard. no he has no beard. yes, has beard but we cant tell if he has balls. Confusion make basaaaa. take your personal security seriously or else, no committee can save you. Good one, Franklin Cudjoe
Mr. Know it all, I wasn't expecting any sen_si_ble thing from you. Wo ano se Tsofi😂😂😂
I THOUGHT YOU ARE THINK TANK!
Mr. know it all. you are becoming nuisance and ***barred word*** to all right thinking Ghanaians. Apart from you there is no knowledge and wise person in Ghana abi? Tell us what you have been able to do apart from begging for funds from international community to criticize. Infact, any i-d-i-o-t can do the work your are doing. Only writing and criticizing, its the easiest job any i-d-i-o-t do. Spare us your ***barred word*** noises.
Apart from criticizing, what policy options has Imani put on the table for government to consider? Is Imani's sole activity to criticize policies? Policy think thanks elsewhere are the breeding grounds for policies.
When people like you. So-called wiser and better than others, spew garbage and bad water from your fountain-headed dust-bin. You have sunk to abyss. The most needles person in Ghana now is you. Graving for attention all over. Go save yourself.
Bob Okalla Concert Party. FC, can't agree more with you.
The question is "are there inefficiencies and lack of coherence playing out in other sector? finance, education, as well? It is a shame
IMANI IS GRADUALLY SINKING TO BECOME SPENT FORCE. THEY ARE UNABLE TO OFFER IDEAS THAT RESONATE WITH MANY ENLIGHTENED GHANAIANS. THEY SHOULD DEVELOP A NEW STRATEGY AND APPROACH, LIKE OCCUPY GHANA AND OFFER SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTION THAT CAN HELP TO SHAPE GHANA TO BECOME A STABLE SOCIO-ECONOMIS GIANT IN THE CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY. IT IS ESSENTIAL FOR ALL IN GHANA TO KNOW THAT WITH THE COMING OF NPP INTO POWER THE OLD FASHIONED APPROACH OF MANY CIVIL SOCIETIES HAS BECOME UNWORKABLE. E.G THE VIOLENCE IN NDC BYELECTIONS WERE NEVER GIVEN SERIOUS ATTENTION BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE TIME. THEY WERE CONSIDERED AS BUSINESS AS USUAL. SUCH SITUATION PROVIDED ENORMOUS CONCERN FOR CIVIL SOCIETY TO BECOME VERY IMPORTANT. IN NPP ERA MATTERS OF PUBLIC CONCERN ARE NOT PUSHED UNDER CARPET BUT ADDRESS WITH URGENT ATTENTION. IN SUCH SITUATION ACTION ORIENTED CIVIL SOCIETY BECOMES MORE OPERATIONAL THAT IDEAS SHARING CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS. NDC RELIED ON THE USE OF MIGHT AND NOT THE CONTEST OF IDEAS, THEREFORE IDEAS SUPPLYING ORGANIZATIONS BECAME USEFUL. NPP DOES NOT LACK IDEAS AND DO NOT AFRAID TO COMPETE IN IDEAS. THEY NEED TO BE CHALLENGED TO BECOME FUNCTIONAL. OPERATIONAL ORIENTED CIVIL SOCIETIES BECOME ESSENTIAL TO CHALLENGE THEM TO IMPLEMENT WINNING IDEAS. UNLESS IMANI REVIEW ITS STRATEGY THEY SHALL SOON BECOME DEFUNCT LIKE BEN EFSON AND KWESI PRATT ORGANIZATIONS. THE MISFIRED EXPRESSION OF IMANI LEADERSHIP PORTRAYS THEIR STRUGGLE TO ATTRACT ATTENTION TO MAKE THEIR IMPORTANCE FELT IN THIS NEW DISPENSATION.
Most critics are bad performers when given the opportunity. Let's be optimistic.