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Arise Ghana to police: You’re acting in bad faith

The police have dragged Arise Ghana, the group planning a night demonstration in Accra, to court to determine the fate of the exercise

The leading member of the Arise Ghana Movement, Mensah Thompson, has served notice that the pressure group will still go ahead with its planned night demonstration despite concerns raised by the police.

The police have dragged Arise Ghana to court to determine the fate of the exercise.

The police want the group to hit the streets during day time in order to provide adequate security. However, according to a statement from the police, Arise Ghana leadership remain adamant.

“Due to the lack of agreement between the police and the organisers on the time for the demonstration and location for their planned picketing, the police have had no option but to submit the process to the court for a determination,” the director of public affairs, Chief superintendent Grace Ansah-Akrofi said in the statement released on Sunday (26 June).

However, speaking to Kwaku Nhyira-Addo on The Asaase Breakfast Show on Monday (27 June), Mensah said the move is an attempt to frustrate the organisers.

“We had a meeting with the police and concluded three weeks ago. If the police had a problem with the timing and the processes, what stops them from going to court earlier so that we can battle it efficiently. Why should the  police wait till a day before our demonstration before they go to court.

“We went out to print our flyers, banners to do our promotions, the public engagement, the duration and the time, venue and everything because we had reached a concrete agreement with the police,” Thompson said.

“So for the police to then wait for the last minute to come with this flimsy excuse is a clear demonstration of bad faith, and I say that if the police want to engender confidence, if the police want the public to have trust in them, these are the very things they must avoid,” he added.

Listen to Mensah Thompson in the attached audio below:

Reversing E-Levy will not solve Ghana’s economic woes

Prof Stephen Adei, an economist has said reversing the Electronic Transfer Levy (E-Levy) will not solve the economic woes of Ghana.

The pressure group Arise Ghana wants the government to reverse the levy, halt the Agyapa deal and reduce fuel prices, as well as, stop the reclassification of the Achimota Forest.

Speaking at the opening of the Financial Economic Seminar in Accra on Monday (13 June), Adei said: “Interestingly, I was looking through social media and I saw a planned demonstration by a group called Arise Ghana on 21 June, I think they are giving a sufficient notice and as I look through them they have five complaints.”

“So, I went down to read what was their request to the government, and interestingly there were four of them. That E-Levy must be reversed, petrol prices should be reduced, that the Agyapa deal should not come on and the EI of the Achimota Forest should be reversed. And I said that well, if the government did all these four things, it will not change the current situation, not that they are not important,” Prof Adei said.

He further called on participants to proffer solutions that could help solve the economic challenges facing Ghana.

“I am expecting in this forum, real serious engagements as to where we came from, why we are here, what are the options for the future and a country like Ghana and which are the paths that may be most suitable,” he added.

Fred Dzakpata

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