The Member of Parliament for Obuasi West, Kwaku Kwarteng says the Minority in Parliament will oppose government’s moves to eavesdrop on telephone conversations between Ghanaians.
Cabinet has approved the bill and will soon table it before Parliament for passage but speaking to Citi News, the NPP MP described the move as unacceptable and urged all Ghanaians to kick against what he terms government’s intent to listen in on telephone conversations for electoral advantage.
[contextly_sidebar id=”mE466nGYv1SV1nFO1xz2ybobqE8igfp0″]“We want to repeal this provision…for whatever purpose I don’t know but this is what government has decided and what I am saying is that we will oppose this. We think it is completely wrong that government must be more interested in delivering on the things that people want instead of listening in to people’s calls for electoral advantage or for whatever purpose,” he argued.
Though the bill has not yet been passed into law, some major stakeholders have in the past alleged that their private conversations were being monitored.
The Executive Director of IMANI Ghana, Franklin Cudjoe was one of those who raised these concerns.
In 2014, he alleged that his private phone numbers had been tapped, adding that he had received confirmation that his private conversations are being monitored
“YES, my cell numbers in the public domain are officially being tappedIt has been confirmed now. Continue tapping them wai. I will continue chatting, Facebooking, whatsapping and even dance on the phones as long as I do not engage in treason. You can even share my convos with the world. Glad I am now free to do as I like constitutionally. Edey be keke,” Cudjoe posted on his Facebook wall in 2014.
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By: Marian Ansah/citifmonline.com/Ghana
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