Members of the Inter-Party Coalition for National Sovereignty will today, Thursday, 7 February 2019 embark on a peaceful protest dubbed: “Aagbe wo” which means “They are killing us”…
Members of the Inter-Party Coalition for
National Sovereignty will today, Thursday, 7 February 2019 embark on a peaceful
protest dubbed: “Aagbe wo” which means “They are killing us”.
The coalition said its resolve to embark on the demonstration stems from
the violent incident that temporarily disrupted voting process at La Bawaleshie
during the Ayawaso West Wuogon by election on Thursday, 31 January 2019.
The violent incident caused by some national security opeartives who shot
into the crowd led to the injury of at least six persons, all supporters of the
main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC).
The coalition explained that the protest is to send a signal to the
government to check the level of insecurity in the country, which they say is
threatening the Ghana’s democracy.
“We announced our intention to embark on a massive demonstration dubbed
‘Aagbe wo’ demonstration to draw public attention to the looming threat on our
democracy, peace and stability as well as to press further our demand for
proper and speedy investigations into events of last Thursday’s by-election,”
the coalition announced earlier this week.
Meanwhile, former President John Dramani Mahama has urged supports of the
NDC to fully participate in the demonstration.
In a tweet, Mr Mahama said: “I welcome the initiative of the Inter-Party
Coalition for National Sovereignty and I encourage all members of the NDC to
participate in tomorrow’s demonstration. Let’s show to the world that we stand
for peace and that the violence displayed in AWW has no place in our democracy.”mihidden
