Respect for peace should not be taken as weakness — AFAG
Enoch Darfah Frimpong
Politics
3 minutes read
According to AFAG, at a meeting with the Ghana Police Service, “the Police informed us of an order to send personnel to Kumasi to support the Kumasi police command on combating rising disturbances in the garden city.
As a result, the police informed us of their inability to provide security and support for the 20,000 people who were going to demonstrate against the economic mismanagement and waste of the Mahama-Amissah care taker government.
AFAG insisted on finding ways around this but the police went to court for an injunction restraining us from the demonstration. As a peaceful group, we sat with the Regional Police Commander and his team to agree on a new date and route”.
AFAG, had earlier accused the Ghana Police Service of making subtle attempts to prevent them from embarking on their planned demonstration slated for March 26.
A statement issued by the group stated that “we smell a clandestine attempt by the incompetent and insensitive Mahama led NDC government to use the police service to once again scuttle our plans.”
AFAG further mentioned that despite the Police order to stop them from using the ministries road for the demonstration “As a group, we find the excuse by the Police service to the effect that the entire ministries area is a security zone as untenable, considering the fact that our checks have revealed that several groups have not too long ago used the same routes to demonstrate. What has changed all of a sudden?
It assured the Ghana Police Force and the unseen hands dictating the pace of affairs, that they were resolute, resolved and adequately prepared to face any opposition with equal force should the need arise.
“We wish to reiterate to all that the routes for the Mieku demonstration are unchanged and the leadership of AFAG will present a petition to the leadership of Parliament. After the presentation, leadership will join the demonstrators to march to the children’s park, where the gathering will be addressed by the organisers of the event”.
