Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram Constituency in the Greater Accra Region, Hon. Sam George has called for the dissolution of the National Peace Council for exhibiting hypocrisy towards political parties in the country on matters of violence arising from the ongoing voter registration exercise.
According to him, the National Peace Council is “one of the biggest threats to the peace and stability of the country’s democracy.”
He described on Joy FM’s Newsfile as disingenuous, the attempt by any group to generalize the political temperature rising in the country by saying that both political parties are involved.
He remarks follows on the heels of calls by the Peace Council for calm amidst brutalities arising from the ongoing voter registration exercise.
Chairman of the Council, Prof Emmanuel Asante in a statement said the incidents were prevalent among the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC).
He highlighted happenings in the Ejura-Sekyere-Odumase Constituency in the Ashanti Region, Kasoa in the Central Region, Asutifi South, and Tano South Constituencies in the Ahafo Region, as some hotspots.
Hon. Sam George however furiously said the Council is being hypocritical to blame the issues on both parties.
“I hold a personal view that the National Peace Council should be disbanded because they are the biggest threat to the peace and stability of our democracy. The reason being the hypocritical stance of that organization. They always seek to make equivalence the basis of their statements.
“This is what has raised the temperature. First and foremost, the MP for Ejura-Sekyedumase Bawa Braimah was attacked by NPP hoodlums and he was nearly crippled.
“The National Peace Council did not find it right to criticize the NPP on that. They waited and held their cool till the murder of an innocent Ghanaian citizen in Banda,” he said.
Hon Sam George, therefore, accused the National Peace Council of acting unfairly, taking sides instead of playing the man.
Source: Daniel Adu Darko/Peacefmonline.com/[email protected]
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these guys are making ndc unpopular
I just can't understand why NDC as a big opposition party always seeks to read cynical meanings into every good advice which under normal circumstances should be acknowledged in good faith find condemnations. Quite often this defensive attitude adversely tends to expose the political immaturity and incompetence of the NDC. Being a party in opposition is in no way synonymous with counteracting everything. Even sometimes it is just prudent and better advised to have your beak shut. But clearly, if you have a lot of inexperienced young politicians in your midst whose main exposure to mainstream politics is campus mock politicking, you are bound to have babies with sharp teeth who loudly bark to catch the attention of their political masters for quick political appointments. Indeed, I take great delight in citing the example of Sammy Awuku and John Bodum of the NPP who are being groomed in party politics to become first-class matured politicians. And I bet, we would experience a lot of good stuff from these two gentlemen and many others in the Ghanaian political landscape in the very near future. Kudos to the NPP.
Why? You dey craze, Sam Georg?
SAM GEORGE,YOU are RIGHT BUT NOT THE RIGHT PERSON TO SAY THAT JUST BECAUSE THE SPECK ON YOUR EYES ARE BIGGER THAN THE PEACE COUNCIL.BEATING WAR DRUMS AND THREATS FOR THE NDC TO DANCE IS BETTER THAN YOUR ACCUSATION.,