The Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram constituency, Samuel Dzata George, says vigilante groups are just Community-based Organizations.
“The party; the NDC does not have any vigilante groups; these are groups that owe allegiance to individuals . . . I will refer to them as a community-based organization,” he said when he appeared before the Emile Short Commission, Monday.
His answer appeared almost in sync with those of the NDC parliamentary candidate for the just ended Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election, Delali Kwesi Brempong, that the two main political parties - the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) -
do not own the vigilante groups attributed to them.
He believes the vigilante groups are owned by some mafias within the political parties whose aim is to cause commotion.
Delali Kwesi Brempong was responding to Chairman of the Commission, Justice Emile Short's question of whether his party, the NDC had measures put in place to disband its vigilante groups.
Disband, Or....
There have several calls from well-meaning Ghanaians that the state takes a decisive position and disband all political vigilante groups to save the nation from future acts of violence.
Thus it was hailed as a step in the right direction which could nip the worrying and unacceptable phenomenon in the bud, when President Akufo- Addo, during the delivery of the State of the Nation Address last Thursday, warned the NPP and NDC, that if they do not voluntarily meet to fashion out ways to disband their vigilante groups, he would apply legislation to disband them himself.
Vigilantes Owe Allegiance To Individuals
Quizzed if he believed that these vigilante groups are units of the various political parties they are affiliated to, Sam George, who also narrated the sequence of events leading to him being slapped on that day, said “it will be naïve for me to suggest that political parties may not benefit from these groups” adding that “I believe that these vigilante groups owe allegiance to individuals; these individuals use them for political purposes served through a vehicle of political parties”.
Source: Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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***barred word***, Buruburu,Kurasini MP look at him wearing beads as wristband..
Sam George should tell me where in Choggu The Azorka Boys build the well. I know Choggu very well and I am surprised at what he is saying he should direct me to where the well is?
if the commission is smart this should tell them that everything this man said was a lie. he has no credibility. 4 different account of independent people saw him come with 15 motto bikes and yet he denied.how come all of them gave the same number?
An opposing "Community Based Organization" menbers assaulted Sam George. Simple
SOME OF U NPP ARE LIKE MAAAAD MEN AND WOMEN ON THE STREETS OF ACCRA AND KUMASI. CAN U USE UR HEAD FOR ONCE? WHAT HAS COME OVER YOU PEOPLE THAT U CAN NOT USE THE NATURAL HEAD GIVEN TO YOU BY GOD?
kof kyei, are serious as a human being. is it not true that the vigilante groups are owned by individuals? or u are one of those CRIMINALS
I DONT BLAME SAM GEORGE FOR SAYING THIS, I BLAME THOSE WHO VOTED FOR HIM TO BECOME AN MP. VIGILANTE GROUP IS AN NGO, SO WHAT IS THEIR CORE MANDATE, FUUUUUUUUULISH MP HOW CAN WE HAVE SUCH A HOLLOW MINDED PERSON LIKE THIS BOY IN OUR PARLIAMENT. I DONT BLAME U
NDC and LIES. It is in their DNA! when did Asoka boys become an NGO? Tell this to the marines!