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He says the party has reported the theft case to the Nima Police Station.<\/p>\n
Among the several individuals who have signed the petition<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, are the PPP’s Flagbearer, Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom and his running mate.<\/p>\n RAP collates signatures to free Montie 3<\/strong><\/p>\n A group affiliated to the NDC, which calls itself the Research and Advocacy Platform (RAP) were first to seek signatures in a petition, to compel President Mahama to use his prerogative power of mercy to free the three.<\/p>\n The RAP petition received public support from notable Government appointees and officials of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC).<\/p>\n The petition has since been received by the President through the Chief of Staff and forwarded to the Council of State for advice.<\/p>\n But the PPP, which is opposed to the idea of freeing the three, was thus compelled to open the counter petition to prevent the President from freeing them.<\/p>\n Confirming the rather bizarre news of the stolen petition booklet on Citi Eyewitness News<\/strong>, the PPP\u2019s Papa Kow Ackon, described the incident as disappointing.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is very shameful and we have subsequently reported the case to the Nima Police Station. Just today [Tuesday], around 3:30pm, a group young people who will not be more than 40 years, came to the party office with the intention to also sign the petition. And after the signing, we realized later when other people came to the office to sign, that the particular book was nowhere to be found. And so the administrator at the office, called some of us to find out from us what had happened. And we told him to report the case at the Nima Police Station and that has been done. And we are hoping that the police will investigate this matter because it is worrying hat a book that contains about 1,700 names for people to storm our office to steal this booklet, my goodness! We don\u2019t expect people to behave in this manner. The issue on the floor is a serious issue and we as party people are very committed to ensuring that our judiciary is not run down the way some people want it to be.\u201d<\/p>\n When asked by Richard Sky whether the party had not been irresponsible by failing to protect assets at its office, Mr. Ackon said, \u201cIf you know the PPP Headquarters, the reception is quite big and its always bustling with activities, people are walking in and out of the place. This is for the good of this country so even though there is an administrator there, he also has other responsibilities and his job is not to be policing a booklet. In this 21st century, you don\u2019t expect people to be stealing booklet; it is unheard of so for this thing to have happened today we are extremely shocked. If people can steal booklet then we are not safe in this country.\u201d<\/p>\n “I however agree with you that the administrator at the office should have been a bit vigilante to make sure that nobody walks in to steal; but I think that he had the best of intentions and never anticipated that anyone will walk into the party office and steal nothing other than a booklet. This is shameful.”<\/p>\n PPP won\u2019t stop pursing the matter<\/strong><\/p>\n Despite the incident, Mr. Ackon said the party will not stop pursuing the agenda that seeks to protect and strengthen the country\u2019s judiciary.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is not going to stop us from performing task that is going to save this country from an imminent destruction of our judiciary system. We will go forward, we will storm the market, and we will talk to people and invite them to append their signatures. We are raising this concern because that was the first booklet we started collecting signatures, and it\u2019s the booklet you find signatures from key personalities including Dr. Nduom and his running mate, so for people have stormed our party office to steal this booklet is shameful.<\/p>\n Regional, and constituency petitions ongoing<\/strong><\/p>\n According to Mr. Ackon, they still have petitions to be collated from the regions and the constituencies.<\/p>\n “It is going on very well and smoothly and we have not reported any case of theft yet. The Effutu Constituency for example has collected more than 3000 signatures; and they have assured us that by Friday they will submit to us. And so we are hoping that by Friday we will collate constituencies from the regions and constituencies, and then submit them to the President.”<\/p>\n –![\"Nana](\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Oye.jpg\")
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