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Executive Director of the Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA), Mensah Thompson
The Alliance for Social Equity and Public Responsibility (ASEPA) has condemned what they say is discrimination by the police in the application of the Public Order Law.
The lobby group cites as unfair the police decision to reject its notification to demonstrate against the controversial Agyapa Minerals royalty agreement.
The deal, which is aimed at monetizing the country’s mineral royalties, as per the government’s justification, will be used to develop essential sectors of the economy, including education, housing, healthcare and infrastructure.
But ASEPA will not accept any of that, so it planned a protest to vent the transaction.
In a statement from the Service, he said that the demonstration cannot be sanctioned because “the restrictions imposed on public gatherings of more than two hundred people without masks due to the Covid-19 pandemic have not been fully lifted.”
The lobbyist’s executive director, Mensah Thompson, expressed his disappointment at the development, especially when the same Executive Instrument was sidelined during a group rally in the Eastern Region to demonstrate against the alleged ‘Akyem Sakawa Mafia’ comment. from former President John Mahama.
“Just a week ago, we saw the police escort a group of people in the Eastern Region to go out and demonstrate in their number. Police watched as these people violated security protocols while offering protection to these people.
“We write to request the same protection and the police say they cannot provide that and they cannot guarantee it because it is against EI. I think it is extremely discriminatory, ”he said.
ASEPA has been a key part of the groups opposing the transaction between Ghana and Agyapa Mineral Royalties Limited.
Along with other civil society organizations (CSOs), the group believes the agreement is shrouded in secrecy and does not have the best interest of the public at heart.
