2024 Elections: We don’t want to see military moving around – Bagbin

Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has said the military should not play a key role in the security of the 2024 general elections.

He says it is the duty of the Police to provide security during the polls. The military can only come when the need arises, he said.

Speaking in an interview with TV3’s Beatr9ce Adu, he said “The military has no business when we are doing election until there is a need. We do not want to see our military moving. they have to be in positions, when the need arises then they intervene.”

Mr Bagbin further stated that the 2024 general election is totally different from the previous ones held in the Fourth Republic.

He says this is a critical election that will determine whether the country is truly committed to the cause of multiparty constitutional democracy.

Speaking in an interview with TV3’s Beatrice Adu, Mr Bagbin said “The 2024 elections is unlike the 1992 elections or the 1996 or the 2000 elections. It is not also like 2004, 2008, or 2012 elections, neither is it like the 2016 and 2020. This is a critical election that will determine whether we are truly committed to the cause of multiparty constitutional democracy. Clearly this election is not just about the political parties, it is about the soul of our nation and so to have very experienced political leaders, particularly His Excellency the president who started politics at a very early age because of his parenthood and who was an activist in the CPP, grew up to be the president of Kwame Nkrumah Youth Forum, and after the 1966 elections joined the United Party, Progress Party, now NPP, to come out after all that experienced t say such a thing that is inciting people to violence. That even if we lost the election we will not hand it over, we will do all we can to hold on to power.
“That is unacceptable, I was really shocked to hear that because the president knows that the power he is wielding is not his, it is for the people, particularly the voters. the people voted and gave you that power, once they voted for you, on the 6th of January 2024 HE Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has no such power, he knows, so it is just an empty boast.”

President Akufo-Addo, while addressing supporters at a mini-rally in Doboro in the Greater Accra region following a visit to the premises of Blue Skies Limited, reiterated that he has no confidence in Mr. Mahama to develop the country.

“I can’t hand over to someone I defeated twice and who is not happy with everything I do; he will destroy the work that I have done.

“Vote for Dr. Bamwua; I have worked with him for the past seven and a half years; I have confidence in him; I know he can continue the good work,” he said.