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General news for Saturday 19 September 2020
Source: www.ghanaweb.com
2020-09-19
The court has banned the lobby from demonstrating against the controversial Agyapa deal.
The Alliance for Social Equity and Responsibility (ASEPA) received a restraining order from the High Court, which prohibits the pressure group from going ahead with its scheduled demonstration against the controversial Agyapa agreement.
The order was obtained by the Ghana Police Service after previously communicating its decision not to sanction the demonstration.
The court says it granted the motion ex parte after examining the affidavit submitted by the Ghana Police Service and the response submitted by the plaintiff’s attorney.
“The defendants in this document, namely ASEPA and Mensah Thompson or any other group of persons affiliated with the defendants, are hereby ordered to be barred and prohibited from speaking out against an agreement passed by Parliament of Ghana, popularly known as the Agyapa agreement, to which the September 21, 2020 demonstration is intended ”, says the restraining order according to Citi Fm.
ASEPA in a statement to the Ghana Police notified its intention to demonstrate against the Agyapa Gold royalty management agreement made by the Ghanaian government.
Police in their response to ASEPA said they could not sanction the demonstration due to the COVI-19 pandemic and its existing protocols.
“There is a tendency to violate the COVID-19 protocols. If allowed to demonstrate in this way, public health and safety could be in jeopardy. Your notification to demonstrate in this era of the COVID-19 pandemic cannot be sanctioned, please, ”said the police statement signed by the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Regional Deputy Commander for the Accra Region, E. A Sakyi.
However, in a subsequent reaction to the police, ASEPA Executive Secretary Ernest Thompson, who has been reprimanded in the restraining order, said that the pressure group would still continue with the rally scheduled for Monday, September 21, 2020. .
The Government of Ghana through the Mineral Income Investment Fund (MIIF) established Agyapa Royalties Limited to oversee the country’s gold income and royalties to obtain higher returns for the benefit of the nation.
The Company, in exchange for the gold resources, plans to earn between $ 500 million and $ 750 million by trading on the Ghana Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange to be invested in national development projects.
The Agyapa agreement during the period has generated controversy between the government and the ruling party, on the one hand, and the opposition, as well as numerous civil society organizations, on the other hand, arguing for and against the agreement.
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