NPP Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, has said there is no way the country will be thrown into civil war if the Electoral Commission continues to compile a new voters' register amid the coronavirus pandemic.
According to him no one is afraid of Maj. Rtd Osahene Kojo Boakye Djan with his continous constant threats of civil war and anarchy.
" . . No one is afraid of Boakye Djan . . . if he plays the law will take action . . . let us see the anarchy," Ken Agyapong fired.
" . . We will do the right thing for the country, we will go ahead with the voters' register . . . the NDC is speaking as if they are in power, but they have forgotten that they are not in power . . . we are waiting for them to destroy this country; we are not afraid of them," said Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyepong.
He was reacting to the controversies surrounding the compilation of a new voters' register and comments by Maj. Rtd Kojo Boakye Djan that there could be civil unrest should the Electoral Commission (EC) continue with the impending voter register compilation.
The Assin Central MP was speaking in an interview with Hello FM in Kumasi.
NPP & EC Leading Ghana Into Civil War
Major Osahene Boakye Gyan (rtd) is warning of impending doom should the Electoral Commission connive with the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to rig the upcoming December polls.
The former military officer accused the EC of gradually leading the country into a civil war with its bull-headedness, particularly regarding the decision to compile a new voters register.
If They Want Civil War, They Will Get It!
The fomer military capo strongly held that the country can go to the polls this year without resort to putting together a new register as was done in 2016.
Sounding a note of caution, he pointed out that most electoral disputes in Africa have resulted in civil wars and Ghana is not immune to it, and warned that "should the EC continue to toe the line of their paymasters, it will certainly spell doom for this country."
Listen to Kennedy Agyepong in the video below
EC's response to NDC's press conference
Earlier this week, th EC denied allegations by the NDC that it was conniving with the National Identification Authority (NIA) to rig the upcoming 2020 general elections in favour of the governing party, NPP.
According to the Electoral Commission, their outfit is no position to conspire with any political party or institution as being speculated by the NDC to rig elections, as the electoral processes remain transparent at all levels.
In a press statement signed by the Acting Director of Public Affairs at the EC, Sylvia Annoh, this is just another attempt by the main opposition party, the NDC, to undermine the image and integrity of the institute by "peddling untruths and falsehoods."
The oppositon party had earlier posited that the use of the National Identification card and passport as evidence of identification during registration despite the limited number of Ghanaians who have these requirements, was unfortunate.
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These are the real members of the EC appointed by and working for the president. Jean, Bossman & co are just figure heads. They cannot take any independent decision without their remote controllers. This is how politicians have weakened our state institutions. Can we call this democracy?
HON.KEN AGYAPONG,I JUST ADMIRE YOUR BOLDNESS,REASONS,AND PRATICAL IDEOLOGICAL MOVE .YOU,VE ANSWERED MY PRAYER WHICH I WAS EXPECTING THAT GOD SHOULD WORK IT THROUGH YOU.THANKS A MILLION TIMES FOR SUCH A WONDERFUL REPLY GIVEN TO THAT FOREIGNER-JOSEPH YAMIN.TRY TO DIG HIM OUT TO KNOW IF HE IS A LEBANESE OR AN INDIAN CITIZEN, AND HOW HE GOT THE GHANAIAN CITIZENSHIP.
Please, do not let us dwell on what Boakyew Gyan says. After all, what is his status in Ghanaian politics today? Hitherto, Boakye Gyan was a puppet used in a coup de tat, was paid-off, and awarded a scholarship to study abroad, as for the purpose of the role played in the coup. So brief was his action in the coup coupled with the low-level juvenile settlement that had relegated him to a dead-end job in Ghanaian politics. He was sadly put in exile by his coup-mate JJ Rawlings until the era of President Kufour's regime and the reconciliation policy that brought him to Ghana. This brings me to ask the question, is Boakye Gyan really a member of the NDC? Somebody must help me here. Oh God, how I wished Boakye would read my comments and answer my question himself. Ghanaians had been for just far too long a time taken for granted. It's really a high time we as Ghanaians recognized and appreciated to call a spade a spade. Indeed, for Boakye Gyan of all persons to have the audacity to stir-up doom for Ghana is very unfortunate. Then, I do not understand his reasons for ideologically parting with Rawlings in light of his, Boakye-Gyan's stance against JJ's overthrow of Lehmann's regime. I'm really happy that today we have patriots like Ken Agyapong who will come out strongly to speak against such noonnsensse!