The Minority in Parliament has stated that the directive by President Akufo-Addo to the Minister of Interior to conduct a public inquiry into the shooting incident at Ejura is not the best.
Leader of the side Haruna Iddrisu believes the Interior Minister and the state security agencies are all complicit.
He said the agencies cannot be trusted in conducting a fair investigation.
He posited that it is not enough for the President to establish a Ministerial Committee.
“Understandably we have heard President Akufo-Addo instruct the Minister for Interior for a Commission of Inquiry into this matter, we reject it, that is not good enough. We want a Commission of Inquiry within the meaning of article 278, of the 1992 Constitution.”
“The President must appoint a sole commissioner or two or more persons to support a commissioner just like the Emile Short Commission on the Ayawaso West Wuogon [by election].”
He wants a commission chaired by a Supreme Court Justice or a Retired Justice.
“We want that type of Commission of Inquiry not a Ministerial one. There is complicity of state security agencies, they cannot absorb themselves,” the Tamale South Member of Parliament said.
President Akufo-Addo on Wednesday instructed the Minister for Interior, Ambrose Dery, to conduct a public inquiry into the circumstances that led to the death of two persons and four others sustaining injuries during a protest in Ejura on Tuesday.
A press statement signed by the Ag. Director of Communications at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin said: “The Interior Minister is to provide a detailed report from the inquiry, with recommendations for appropriate action to be taken by July 9, 2021”, parts of the statement read.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com
