The Suhum Constituency Executives of the opposition National Democratic Congress NDC are threatening to take the laws into their own hands to physically stop non-residents being bused to register in the ongoing voter’s registration exercise.
The executives are accusing the Police and the Electoral Commission for allegedly conniving with the ruling New Patriotic Party to register non-residents bused from New Abirem, Nima, Maamobi, Ayensuano, Gbawe, Kyebi, Ayensuano among others for a reward of Ghc50 each by the New Patriotic Party but Police look on unconcerned.
According to the NDC, their party agents and Constituency Executives who protested against the registration of these non-residents have been beaten by the NPP supporters marauding in the Constituency without being arrested by the Police. However, Police have rather arrested two of its Constituency Executives -the Organizer and communication officer for resisting the registration of non-residents.
Addressing the media Monday the Constituency Chairman and his Vice Joseph Apore recounted numerous incidents of intimidation perpetrated by the NPP.
The party accused the EC of preventing the NDC from challenging suspected non-residents by denying their agents challenge forms.
“The NPP cannot pinpoint to any developmental project in this Constituency as being achieved under them so they have resorted bro busing in People to come and make that decision on 7th December but trust me the NDC within the Suhum Constituency we are going to prevent that. We are going to vehemently prevent and oppose that whatever it takes we are going to do it we are not going to take the laws into our own hands we are going to use any legitimate means.”
The communication Officer Daniel Chanor said the NDC will now fiercely resist any attempt to register a non-resident.
“From today onwards we will not sit down of you are immigrant and if because of Ghc50 you want to register here to choose our MP for us then we are telling you that prepare because we also going to prepare ourselves because we have noticed that the Police are not in to help us and the EC is also in bed with the MCE in the fraud”.
The Suhum Municipal Police Commander Chief Superintendent Joseph Owusu told Starr News the allegation of bias leveled against Police is false. He said so far four persons of both NDC and NPP officials have been arrested which one is to reappear before the court on July 17, 2020, while the others are on bail being prepared to be put before the court.
He said the Police are not mandated to interfere in the registration process, therefore, urging the political parties to make use of the challenge forms measures instituted by the EC to file cases against persons they suspect to be non-residents instead of assaulting or physically resisting them.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Obed Ansah
