[ 2021-02-10 ]

A commander ordered military into Parliamentary chamber
The National Security Minister-designate Kan
Dapaah has disclosed that a Commander ordered the
military into the Parliamentary Chamber on the eve
of swearing-in of the 8th Parliament.

He told Parliament’s Appointment Committee
during his vetting that the commander had said
things were getting out of hand in the Chamber
between the two sides of the House.

Therefore, the Commander asked the military to go
into the House and restore order for Parliamentary
proceedings to continue, Mr Dapaah told the
Committee, Wednesday.


“When I saw it I was also alarmed…I posed the
question do you think your presence there was
going to frighten the members of Parliament? No.
Were you going to arrest them? No, you couldn’t
have arrested anybody there,” he said.


Mr Kan Dapaah stated that he was relieved no harm
was done to any legislator after the military
invasion.


On January 7, security personnel stormed
Parliament following chaos between the New
Patriotic Party (NPP) and National Democratic
Congress (NDC) MPs over the election of a
Speaker.

The military and police officers who were heavily
armed and clad in full regalia marched unto the
floor of the Parliament to restore calm after MPs
disrupted the electoral process of a new Speaker.

The soldiers left the House 10 minutes after
storming the House.

Meanwhile, Kan Dapaah told the Committee the Chief
of Defense Staff (CDS) was asked to launch an
investigation into the matter.

He stated that the CDS will take the appropriate
action “if they also come to the conclusion that
what was done was totally unprofessional.”

Kan Dapaah assured the Committee that there will
not be a repeat of such actions in the future.

Source - Joyfm

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