Leaders of pressure group, Let My Vote Count Alliance say they will go to the Supreme Court to seek interpretation of the laws governing the conduct of demonstrations in the country.
The group is unhappy about recent actions of the police relating to the use of court orders and injunctions to prevent them from picketing at the premises of the Electoral Commission (EC).
[contextly_sidebar id=”xrmcDPs6ogiVOAzUgFzmJ3uXVfb7yDhL”]The pro- opposition group was supposed to have embarked on a protest march for a new voters register today but a late court order secured by the Police forced a change in their plans.
Speaking at a Press Conference early on today, the Convener of the Alliance, David Asante stated that there is the need for clarification of the laws since the Police was increasingly denying citizens of their constitutional rights.
“What we are going to the Supreme Court to do is to seek further interpretation and clarification whether the right to protest and to demonstrate has now been ceded from citizens to rest in the bosom of the police. What becomes of the rights to gather as citizens ? what has become of our constitutional right to embark on a demonstration. The public order act does not give the absolute right to the police to determine when and who should demonstrate or picket,” he said.
The group also accused the government of hiding behind the Police to frustrate their efforts at demanding a new Voters register.
According to them, this is evident in the pronouncements of the President John Dramani Mahama on the police brutalization of protestors from the group during the demonstration of 16th September which slighted the protestors for wrongdoing.
The Leaders of the group say they will announce a new date for their next demonstration to finally present their petition for a new voters register to the Electoral Commission.
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By: Duke Mensah Opoku/citifmonline.com/Ghana