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General news for Monday, November 23, 2020
Source: rainbowradioonline.com
2020-11-23
John Dramani Mahama is the NDC Standard Bearer for the 2020 Elections
Former President John Dramani Mahama has rebuked the Police Administration for failing to sanction some police officers who were caught in a viral video warning Ghanaians against any act of violence on Election Day.
In the viral video, an armed police officer was seen asking voters to go home after casting their vote on December 7, 2020.
The police officer wearing a brown uniform and hat said that the elections were not about violence, therefore Ghanaians should not engage in acts of violence, otherwise they will be treated mercilessly by the police.
Speaking in Twi, the officer said: “The election is not about violence. If you finish voting on Election Day, go home. Do not get carried away by violence because if you do, the police are prepared to treat you without mercy ”.
Given this, the former president and presidential candidate of the opposition Democratic National Congress described caution as a threat and smells of indiscipline.
According to him, the officers who were seen in the video should be punished because they acted unprofessionally.
He claimed that the service has lost its confidence and professionalism because the ruling government has recruited its vigilante groups into the service.
Police after the video went viral admitted that the officers in the video are trained.
In a statement issued to announce the official uniforms for Election Day, the police said: “The people seen in the video are sworn officials of the Ghana Police Service, who participated in special operations of a march en route in the Upper East region. The brown uniform and headdress that some of them wear are training clothes.
“In light of the public investigations into police uniforms, the Inspector General of Police, Mr. James Oppong-Boanuh, has ordered that police officers serving in the 2020 elections must wear traditional police uniforms, they are in the colors blue-black, black and police camouflage. “
Mahama also expressed concern about the production of the uniforms and questioned the identities of the companies behind the production of the uniforms.
He was concerned about a lack of transparency in this regard and called on the police service to be transparent with Ghanaians.
Meanwhile, he has expressed his fear that the ruling New Patriotic Party (PNP) will recruit some vigilantes in the security services for its agenda.
He stated in an interview on CTV on Sunday, November 22, 2020, that the police must not allow the government to use them for their selfish interests.
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