Four NPP MPs File Motion For Probe Into Electoral Violence Since 1993
Four Members of the New Patriotic Party Caucus in Parliament have filed a private members motion for the house to investigate instances of electoral violence since 1993 involving security agencies.
The MPs in question are the Majority Chief Whip, Frank Annoh Dompreh; Deputy Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin; Abuakwa South MP, Samuel Atta Akyea and the Akuapem South MP, Osei Bonsu Amoah.
The motion is to cause an investigation into “alleged interference by some members of the security agencies and some vigilante groups before, during, and after presidential and general elections since 1993 resulting in injuries and loss of lives and make consequential recommendations.”
They are also demanding investigations to recruitments of persons into the country’s security agencies since 1993 “to establish the level of ethnic, regional and gender balance in the recruitment and appointment to such public offices and make appropriate recommendations.”
The motion has been viewed as a counter-motion to an earlier one filed by six members of the Minority in Parliament on March 23 with a specific remit for the 2020 General elections.
The motion was for a probe into the instances of election violence during the 2020 election cycle.
The Minority MPs; Haruna Iddrisu, Muntaka Mubarak, Mahama Ayariga, Alhassan Suhuyini, and James Agalga want the scope of the probe to factor in inappropriate interferences by state security.
They insist the IGP, and other security agencies reneged on a promise to Parliament and Ghanaians to protect lives.
The Majority Leader and Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Mr. Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, in response described the Minority’s motion as hypocritical.