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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