The spokesperson for the Minority in Parliament, A.B.A. Fuseini, stressed the need of the police to quickly bring the attackers to book, who he felt were riding comfortably on the knowledge that, their party, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is in charge of the country.

[contextly_sidebar id=”D7jwMQyo3hcluJop6EyadWelu5uwLzTj”]The attackers also smashed the back window of the MPs Toyota Landcruiser vehicle, after the rejection of the President’s District Chief Executive (DCE) nominee for the area, Wilson Arthur.

The angry youth accused the MP of masterminding the rejection of the DCE nominee, after he failed to garner the required votes to be endorsed as the DCE for the Wassa East District.

Speaking to Citi News, A.B.A. Fuseini, also the Sagnarigu MP, said the unlawful actions of the youth must not go unpunished.

He reminded that “they smashed his vehicle and threatened him with all these missiles and offensive weapons that were thrown around, so he had to go and make a report to the police. His car was damaged.”

A.B.A. Fuseini said the Minority felt that “these attacks are becoming one too many. I think that the police should get behind this and make sure the perpetrators of this violence are arrested and brought to book swiftly… Because [New Patriotic] party people feel their party is in government, they can run riot and do these things and there will be no price for anybody to pay.”

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The  District Chief Executive nominee, Wilson Arthur, CEO of Skyy  Media Group, failed  to get the required number needed to get him elected for the position.

He garnered only 19 votes out of the total 30 votes cast. There were 11 No votes.

The youth, who are displeased about this development, are blaming the NDC MP, claiming that he manipulated the results to get  Mr. Wilson Arthur, his opponent in the 2016 parliamentary race rejected.

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The moderators for the debate allotted six minutes to the MP to answer three questions posed to him by the constituents, but Mr. Samuel Gidi, the Parliamentary Candidate for the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) disagreed with them, insisting that the moderators were giving undue advantage to the incumbent to campaign.

The situation worsened when the MP passed a comment that he wondered why “half-baked graduates” did not understand issues.

The MP’s comment drew massive protest from the supporters and sympathisers of Mr. Gidi thus, compelling Mr. Andrew Acquah, the District Director of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), after consultation with the Police and other security personnel at the venue, to halt the debate.

The debate, held at the Daboase Community Centre, on Thursday, in the Western Region, was to provide a platform for the parliamentary candidates in the area to interact and share their vision with their constituents.

Mr. Acquah  in an interview said that initially the moderators wanted members of the public to ask the candidates general questions, but some of them asked specific questions directed at the MP; therefore, they decided to allow him six minutes to answer the questions without any prejudice to the rest of the candidates.

The debate was jointly organised by the NCCE and the Coalition of Domestic Election Observes (CODEO) in partnership with the Ghana News Agency, Citi FM and EIB Network.

It was supported by the European Union and the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA).

The debate was held under the theme: “Election 2016: Promoting Issue-based Debate and Post-Election Accountability.”

Mr. Adjei-Mensah, also a Deputy Minister of Roads and Highways, represented the  National Democratic Congress, while Mr. Wilson Arthur, was the New Patriotic Party’s representative.

Earlier in his welcome address, Mr. Acquah, explained the objectives of the debate  and urged the electorate to co-exist peacefully irrespective of their political orientation.

He also urged the political parties to campaign devoid of violence and personality attacks.

Mr. Adusei Baaye, the Western and Central Regional Coordinator for CODEO in charge of the debate, said since 2004, it had been organising parliamentary debates in the various constituencies across the country.

These were to highlight policy issues affecting marginalised groups, especially women, the youth and Persons with Disability, in order to shape campaign messages and address pertinent concerns, he said.

The parliamentary candidates answered questions on job creation, mass spraying of the cocoa, fertilizer distribution programme, oil and gas governance, inadequate health and education facilities in the area and other pertinent issues affecting the progress of the citizenry.

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Source: GNA

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