The Progressive People’s Party(PPP) has bemoaned the “incidence of insecurity, violence, daily assassinations and organized crime” following alleged secessionists attacks in the Volta Region.
The party is calling on the President to address the nation on the situation and show leadership so as to bring back normalcy to the country.
While condoling and commiserating with families of the departed and injured, the PPP decried the “lack of leadership and dialogue among stakeholders, insisting that the lack of decisive action on persons who commit acts of indiscipline and engage in “vigilantism” has emboldened others leading to what we are witnessing now.
“Whereas we strongly condemn all acts of unlawful violence committed by illegal armed groups and expect that perpetrators of such dastardly acts
would be brought to justice; it is trite learning that the inability of leadership to deal forcefully with acts of indiscipline, vandalism and what has come to
be termed as“vigilantism”, has also encouraged the impunity with which some people act,” a statement signed by General Secretary Paa Kow Ackon said.
The party further “strongly recommend that the President should address the nation on
the general insecurity in the country, and adopt a multi-partisan approach
that gives confidence to the citizens to whom he owes the high office.
Afterall, the good book says that “to whom much is given, much will be
required”.
In the view of the PPP, a genuine and inclusive dialogue between all the stakeholders and the secessionists will bring an amicable resolution to the matter.
Full statement here:
We are alarmed by the high incidence of insecurity, violence, daily assassinations and organised crime, marked by a lack of leadership and
dialogue among stakeholders.
We offer our heartfelt condolences to the families of the departed and our
best wishes for quick recovery to the injured.
It is troubling that despite numerous assurances by government that it was
on top of the security situation in the country, we were caught by surprise
when armed members of the Homeland Study Group Foundation attacked
two police stations in Aveyime and Mepe, kidnapped three Police officers,
broke into the Police armory and stole a number of firearms and other
equipment.
Our Flagbearer, Ms Brigitte Dzogbenuku who was to visit Ve, had to
suspend her planned visit, when News report reached her campaign team
that, the secessionist group on midnight of Monday, 28th September, 2020
had again, attacked the State Transport Company bus in Ho, and burnt one
of the buses.
This clearly points to a weakness in our security architecture and poor
intelligence gathering system and its usage. We believe that there is a direct link between corruption, insecurity and patriotism. The guns and ammunition used by these secessionists come through our borders and
road blocks.
The secessionists live among us and because of lack of
patriotism we do not report their activities to the authorities.
The unity of Ghana has been our collective strength and no part of the
country can develop without the other.
Development, we believe, must be distributed equally to all parts of the country for the benefit of all citizens
and not just a few. What has happened presents an opportunity for the government to resuscitate its one district one factory promise to provide
jobs for the youth, which has been comatose for years.
We appeal to all those involved in this secessionist agenda to reject armed
rebellion and rather engage in dialogue to spare us any further disturbances
in the Volta Region. We are convinced that genuine and inclusive dialogue,
based on respect for the Constitution, would best enable the stakeholders
to find a consensual solution to the crisis, preserve peace, consolidate our democracy and the rule of law.
Whereas we strongly condemn all acts of unlawful violence committed by illegal armed groups and expect that perpetrators of such dastardly acts
would be brought to justice; it is trite learning that the inability of leadership to deal forcefully with acts of indiscipline, vandalism and what has come to
be termed as“vigilantism”, has also encouraged the impunity with which some people act.
We strongly recommend that the President should address the nation on
the general insecurity in the country, and adopt a multi-partisan approach
that gives confidence to the citizens to whom he owes the high office.
Afterall, the good book says that “to whom much is given, much will be
required”.
Awake Ghana!
Signed:
Paa Kow Ackon
National Secretary
