Leaders of the Coalition for the passage of the Freedom of Information Bill are accusing security personnel at the Parliament House of harassment. The group Wednesday embarked on a planned picketing at the precinct of the Parliament House to mount pressure on MP and to ensure a quick passage of the Information Bill into law. The group is unimpressed with what they describe as feet dragging by the government and law makers on the Freedom of Information Bill which they deem vital to the growth and deepening of the country’s democracy. Hoisting their placards the group proceeded to Parliament to make manifest their disappointment in the continued delay of the passage of the bill. Leader of the group Nana Oye Lithur told Joy News they were locked out and manhandled by security personnel for daring to enter the Parliament House. According to Lithur, the group was told they had no right to picket because President John Mills was about to commission a road, an explanation they did not accept. She said the police personnel will only allow ten of the group’s leaders to proceed to Parliament, a compromised position they rejected because Parliament is a public place. She said they were even more disappointed that the same security allowed members of the Ghana Supporters Union access to Parliament House to drum and dance in support of the Youth and Sports Minister-elect Kofi Humado who was about to be vetted. In obedience to the shouts of charge by a superior officer, the security personnel lunged on the picketers and manhandled them, Oye Lithur narrated. “So they (police) said they will not allow us in, so we came and stood in front of the gate with our placards. Then the police formed a cordon, then the chief of the police told them to charge; they charged on us and then pushed us. “Our disabled members were on the floor, they pushed the wheel chairs, and some had received cuts and scratches on their faces and we are still behind the locked gate of parliament,” she told Joy News’ Sammy Darko. Story by Nathan Gadugah/Myjoyonline.com/Ghana