President Akufo-Addo in delivering the State of the Nation Address (SONA) has appealed to the leadership of the two main political parties, New Patriotic Party(NPP) and National Democratic Congress(NDC) to bring to an end political vigilantism.Â
According to him: ''I want to use this platform of this message to make a sincere passionate appeal to the leaders of the two main political parties in our country NPP and NDC to come together as soon as possible, preferably next week to agree on appropriate measures to bring an end to this unacceptable phenomenon of vigilantism in our body of politics''.
He added that: ''I have asked the leadership of the NPP to extend an invitation to the leaders of the NDC for such a meeting, the security services of the country will be on standby to assist this meeting. If political disbandment by the parties is not feasible then I will initiate legislation in the matter''.
According to him, vigorous debates and the exchange of ideas should be the true basis of political dialogue and competition in our country not the activities of party vigilante groups.
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The President said he hopes the findings and recommendations of the Emile Short Commission will enable us to chart a path to ending political-related violence in the country.
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