US-military deal: NDC exhibited unspeakable hypocrisy – Prez jabs
It was obvious the president was outraged that a political group under whose leadership two similar agreements were signed, would turn around to discredit one being entered into by a government other than theirs. The president pointed out that Ghana’s foreign policy has time immemorial been traditionally above partisan politics. He said this bi-partisan tradition has consistently been upheld by successive governments that do not tamper with agreements entered into by the predecessor. “But we have to take issue with the front-line politicians who have sought to mislead the people in this blatant manner, and those who, for mischievous purposes, leaked the document destined for the scrutiny of Parliament prematurely to a section of the media, who then went on to describe it as a “secret document”. How could a document intended for the consideration of Parliament be described as a “secret document”? “How could anyone who has been in government and run the administration of this nation feign ignorance of the conditions under which Ghanaian troops undertake peace-keeping operations, or the conditions under which our country has collaborated with major international institutions? It is difficult to understand that such people, knowing what they do know, would set about so blatantly to confuse people, and go as far as calling for the overthrow of our democracy?”
Hundreds of Ghanaians poured on the streets of Accra on March 28 in support of a demonstration by Ghana First Patriotic Front, a pressure group, demanding the abrogation or review of the agreement. The group had a massive support from the opposition National Democratic Congress with the former Vice President Paa Kwesi Amissah Arthur joining the protest. Read: Ghana First demo hits Accra, fmr Veep, NDC gurus spotted By Isaac Essel | editors.3news.com | Ghana
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