DON'T QUESTION PROFESSIONALISM OF STATE INSTITUTIONS -BOMBADE
Executive Director of WANEP, Mr Emmanuel Bombade |
Several interpretations have been read
into the arrest and detention of NPP Member of Parliament, Mr Kenndy
Agyapong,, following his declaration of war on his own radio station,
Oman FM.
Some believe that the arrest
of the MP is a tit-for-tat by the NDC government for his exposure of
the administration in the payment of GHC54 million to the party's
acclaimed financier and businessman, Alfred Agbesi Woyome.
Others are also of the belief that
the arrest of Mr Kennedy Agyapong is a lesson to loud mouthed
politicians who think the state institutions are not functioning as they
are supposed to.
In the light of
events, Security Analyst, Mr Emmanuel Bombade, has advised Ghanaians to
desist from questioning the professionalism of state institutions in
the country.
According to him, the situation has led to the
politicization of matters of state interests and is causing unneeded
tension in the country.
Rather, he proposed the need to monitor and identify weaknesses in those institutions and find a way of addressing them.
Mr
Bombade who is also the Executive Director of the West African Network
for Peace Building was speaking in a phone interview on e.tv Ghana’s
morning show, Awake. He was responding to the recent brawls between NDC
and NPP supporters who claim the state institution responsible for
protecting citizens has failed them.
The scuffles have led to an unsavory comment by NPP Member of Parliament for Assin North, Mr Kennedy Agyapong.
He
is reported to have declared war if the police fail to protect members
of his political affiliation on his own radio station, Oman FM.
Mr Bombade reacting to the comment passed by the MP described his statement as “appalling and unacceptable.”
According
to him, “the Ghana Police Service has a track record of ensuring peace
in the election in 2008 and I believe that they will do so in this
year’s elections.”
He said unnecessary tension is caused when
security institutions are drawn into politics and in an attempt to
manage the situation; the police also fail to corporate with the
judiciary.
He, therefore, advised the police to corporate with the
judiciary and devise ways of managing crowds effectively without
necessarily escalating issues.
Mr Bombade also called for a
collective effort from all and sundry to ensure peace and sanity ahead,
during and after the elections.
He also cautioned the media to
play its part effectively and not invoke incitements which are
ethnocentric and have the likelihood to derail Ghana’s democracy.
Jasmine Arku / e.tv Ghana news
What do you think? Are the state institutions doing their mandate as expected of them? Or is it a tit-for-tat affair?
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