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A Private legal Practitioner who doubles as a member of the communication team of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Lawyer Godwin Edudzi Tamakloe has sternly stated there can never be any justification for violence as far as politics is concerned.

Addressing the aftermath of Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency by-election on Radio Gold’s 'Alhaji and Alhaji' Talk Show, lawyer Tamakloe said it came to many of them as a shock when law-abiding citizens who went out to exercise their constitutional rights were greeted with violence.

“It has always been said that there can never be any justification for violence as far as politics is concerned . . . the people who started democracy have always believe in constructive engagement. The belief has always been that the more people are able to engage and fertilize respective ideas, the better the society will be,” he stated.

He stressed that political violence such as what happened at the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency by-election undermines the rule of law, constitutional order and an upfront to everything that is called decency in politics.

“Therefore at anytime that violence is associated with such politics, you should know that, that particular engagement undermines the rule of law, undermines the Constitutional Order and therefore an upfront to everything that is called decency,” he stated.

Going into the background leading to the by-election, lawyer Tamakloe alleged the Electoral Commission Chairperson conspired with the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) to have the by-election outside the constitutionally mandated period as the matter is before the court that the election was not conducted within 60 days as the law says.