The Ningo Prampram MP has called on the Chief of Army Staff, Major General Thomas Oppong Peprah and the Chief of Defence Staff, Vice Admiral Seth Amoama not to allow politicians to influence them.

“This is my message to the Chief of Army Staff and the Chief of Defence Staff, you have three-star, generals. The three stars on your shoulder were not given to you by the politician, they were given to you by your training, your hard work, and your years of service.

“Don’t let a politician control you, do what you know you swore an oath to this country to do,” he said.

Speaking during a protest by the National Youth Wing of the NDC, Mr George said he had information that there were soldiers embedded in the protesters.

He, therefore, questioned the rationale behind the action arguing that the military does not have any training in controlling the crowd.

He said the military is always a backup when the police themselves make the request for the military, “it is not a politician who should call in the military.”

The Ningo Prampram MP said the fidelity of the security services must be to the “red, gold, green that they carry and the Coat of Arms” because that was what they swore an oath to.

“The fidelity of our Armed Forces and our security services should not be to the politician, whether NPP or NDC. It should not be to a politician,” he stressed.

Mr George said there is a need to call for an end to the cycle of the sterilization of our security services, “when it got to my turn, I survived, [but] you may not be lucky, you may not be lucky.”

“This politicisation of the military is wrong. The military is not the first instance in crowd control,” he said.