Six members of Parliament’s Minority have introduced a private members’ resolution in the House calling for a full investigation into incidents of abuse before the 2020 general election.
Haruna Iddrisu, Muntaka Mubarak, Mahama Ayariga, Alhassan Suhuyini, and James Agalga, MPs, want the focus of the investigation to include state security intervention in elections and attacks against civilians that result in deaths.
During the 2020 general elections, at least seven people were killed as a result of violence. Tajudeen Alhassan, Abdullah Ayaric, Emmanuel Dompreh, Samira Zakaria, Ibrahim Abass, Rita Otoo, and Fuseini Musah are identified as the deceased in the motion but is unclear when the motion will be moved.
According to the police, there were 61 cases of electoral and post-election violence across the region.
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Twenty-one of the events involved actual political abuse, with six of them involving gunshots.
The Minority in Parliament has previously recommended that the Inspector General of Police, James Oppong-Boanuh, be fired immediately over the matter.
The Minority said he had neglected to guarantee Ghanaians’ protection during the presidential and parliamentary elections in 2020.
The IGP and other security forces, according to Ranking Member on Defence and Interior, James Agalga, broke a vow to Parliament and Ghanaians to protect lives.
A host of observers have already called for an investigation into the post-election abuse.
The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) has requested that the Inspector General of Police keep Ghanaians informed about ongoing inquiries into election-related abuse in the 2020 election cycle.
One of the main suggestions in the post-election analysis was to do exactly that.
The OneGhana Movement has requested that intelligence forces conduct an impartial investigation into the deaths and injuries that occurred during the parliamentary and presidential elections.
Source: ATLFMNEWSROOM
