The Minority in Parliament has given the strongest indications that the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Paul Tawiah Quaye, could be summoned before the House to outline security measures being taken to halt pockets of violence associated with the biometric registration exercise.
The Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Ocquaye, said the violence has reached crisis point and Parliament, which is on recess, will be compelled to reconvene an emergency sitting if the situation does not improve.
The Odododiodio constituency in the Greater Accra region is gradually becoming a hotbed of violence with eight months to the crucial elections. The opposition New Patriotic Party�s parliamentary candidate for Ablekuma South, Ursula Owusu and Abu Jinapor, an aide to Nana Akufo-Addo, the flagbearer, were battered by macho men on Wednesday when they visited the area to encourage supporters to register.
Other registration centres have also recorded skirmishes resulting in halting the entire registration process.
Prof. Ocquaye told Accra-based Joy FM that the time has come for the IGP to step in before the uneasy calm in certain constituencies exacerbates.
�We are calling on the IGP to investigate this matter,� he said. �If this goes on beyond a certain point, though Parliament is on recess if it becomes imperative we�ll do [summon the IGP].�
The lawmaker also called on Civil Society Organisations to condemn the acts of violence that have characterised the registration exercise.
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