The Deputy Communication Director for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kamal Deen has stressed that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is wasting its time with the decision to drag the government before the Commonwealth of Nations.
The opposition NDC in a petition to the Commonwealth Secretariat on February 23, 2022, accused the ruling government of human rights violations, criminal persecution, and harassment of its members.
Speaking on the move by the NDC in an interview with Starr News today, Kamal Deen says the petition will be deemed bogus in the end.
“Why do you try to paint the picture that we have gloomy judiciary out there and even travel with it to the international arena. Calling the Commonwealth to come and look into a matter that is before a court of competent jurisdiction that for me is so sickening.
“We were in this country when the 2.5 billion matter, it took the NDC Minority to petition the Security and Exchange Commission in the US. What was the outcome? It was bogus and thrown out. So for me this one too is an exercise in futility it is much ado about nothing,” the NPP Deputy Communications Director said.
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From the copy of the NDC petition available to Modernghana News, the NDC cites the cases of the Ayawaso West Wuogon bye-elections where NDC’s candidate was attacked plus the arrest of National chairman Ofosu Ampofo, and the legal suit against Casiel Ato Forson as examples.
The NDC while insisting that the actions of President Akufo-Addo’s government create conditions that threaten Ghana’s political stability and further erode the country’s democratic values, asked the Commonwealth of Nations to have an interest.
The NDC among other things wants the Commonwealth of Nations to use its office to closely follow the political and human rights situation in Ghana since the promotion and protection of human rights, democracy, and fundamental freedoms is a core value of the Commonwealth.
The main opposition party also wants the Common Secretariat to engage with a broad range of actors, including government officials, political parties, representatives of civil society, to respect, promote protect human rights in Ghana and call upon the government of Ghana to put a stop to these persecution, harassments, threats, and killings of supporters and members of the NDC.
Source: Modern Ghana