[ 2017-01-16 ]

PPP criticizes NPP chairman for defending attacks
The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has
strongly condemned recent comments by the acting
chairman of the New Patriotic Party Freddie Blay
who reportedly justified recent vandalism by
supporters of the NPP.

Freddie Blay argued in a media interview that the
recent seizures of state officers by supporters
were meant to protect the state institutions and
prevent looting of state resources.

But in an interview with Citi News, Policy
Advisor of the PPP Kofi Asamoah Siaw condemned the
acting Chairman’s comment.

“It’s an unfortunate statement from him; it
has no locus as far as the administration of the
country is concerned. Ghana is not administered by
party foot soldiers or members of a political
party that has won an election. President
Akufo-Addo is president of the Republic of Ghana
not president of NPP. So members who are part of
his party cannot arrogate to themselves the right
or the duty and responsibility to want to attempt
to protect state resources, we shouldn’t
encourage that,” he argued.

Mr. Blay in the interview complained that “in
some cases, particularly places like the harbour,
DVLA, Peduase Lodge, polling stations [sic] and so
forth, in some cases the people had to go there to
protect state property to ensure that looting
stops.”

He added “I’ve been told that in some public
offices and so forth, all of a sudden those who
were working there have refused to come to work,
not because they are being intimidated or being
chased out, but they themselves have suspected
that because of how they came there, or purely
based on they being members of the party then in
power, some people will chase them out and
they’ve left those public places to the wind, to
the weather and people have gone there to protect
it. It’s not a question of condemnation, I’ve
told you that in some instances I won’t condemn
if they were there to protect property.”

Hold Nana Addo responsible for NDC’s
retaliation

NDC Meanwhile, the National Democratic Congress
(NDC) has asked Ghanaians to hold President Nana
Akufo-Addo responsible for any mayhem which may
arise as a result of the attacks on their
members.

According to the party, the current President has
failed to stop members of the NPP from attacking
NDC members and state properties. Speaking at a
press conference in Accra, the General Secretary
of the NDC, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, said the
President was sitting by as alleged members of the
NPP instigated disturbances.

“When you are the Commander in Chief and you
allow gangsters to be humiliating state security
officers, where are we going to?” Mr. Asiedu
Nketia questioned. “… I am not surprised at
all because throughout the campaign I kept warning
that we all know the best gauge of anybody’s
conduct in future is his conduct in the past and
we know the conduct of the various presidential
candidates, including Nana Addo, and his record of
encouraging conduct.”

Source - citifmonline.com

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