Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has disclosed that the government will not be rushed into publishing the report from the Emile Short Commission on the violence that marred the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election.
“The President will not be rushed into releasing the Emile Short Commission report on the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election violence. Why do we suppose that without a public outing of the Emile Short Commission report, persons cannot contribute to the vigilantism bill? It is a strange argument to make,” he said.
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The response of Mr Nkrumah followed demands by the Minority in Parliament at a press conference for the report to be published to inform the drafting of the ongoing anti-vigilantism bill in Parliament.
Speaking on Accra-based Citi FM, the Minister disclosed that the publication of the bill will not have a bearing on the crafting of the law.
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“The constitution of the Republic is clear that when you have a Commission of Enquiry, you have up to six months to make a determination on whether the report will be made public; so it will be strange for anybody who knows the law and is very familiar with it to all of a sudden feign ignorance about what the constitution says,” he said.
The Emile Short Commission of Inquiry was charged to investigate the cause of violence that broke out during a by-election on January 31, 2019 in the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency.
Members of the Commission after weeks of interrogation and testimonies at a public hearing presented its report in March.
Source: Adomonline.com | Gertrude Otchere