Audio By Carbonatix
The Editor-In-Chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper, Kweku Baaku Jnr has dismissed calls for the impeachment of the President John Evans Atta Mills.
An NPP sympathizer, Frances Essiam accused the president of subverting the constitution and called for a possible impeachment, following a presidential fiat to the IGP, Paul Quaye to provide logistics and security for demonstrators.
The Police had been granted a court injunction to prevent the Alliance for Accountable Governance from embarking on their intended demonstration on Thursday July 2, 2009.
Malik Baaku in an interview with Citi News said a call for an impeachment is an “exaggerated point to make.”
“I don’t think it will stand the test of any judicial proceedings. It won’t fly anywhere," he said.
But the ace journalist is not impressed either with the circumstances under which the President intervened.
He said the action is in flagrant violation of the Public Order Act which took years of struggle to enact.
Under the act, the police and demonstrators must at all times see the judiciary as their ultimate arbiter, without any interference from the executive.
“There is a reason why you don’t want executive intervention, because today we may have a good president who may be saying as for me I believe in this, so let everybody do it. Police get around and let it happen. Tomorrow you have a bad president who will not do the same, or the same good president may at different times do different things.
“We do not want to have a situation where the fundamental right to assembly and demonstrating is at the behest or pleasure of any executive authority.”
He described the action by the President as “unnecessary and should have been avoided.”
He said the action does not even help the case of the police saying “if the Presidential directive is to be accepted, then what it means is that truly truly, the police’s position, the things they sent to court are not sustainable. It is not in the police interest,” he lamented.
Listen to excerpts of the interview with Malik Baaku in the attached audio.
Story by Nathan Gadugah/Myjoyonline.com
DISCLAIMER: The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.
Tags:
DISCLAIMER: The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.
Latest Stories
-
Travel and tour agent remanded over GH¢107,000 recruitment scam
27 seconds -
Best farmer calls on government to prioritise local maize production over imports
7 minutes -
Bond market: Turnover falls by 68% to GH¢2.12bn
9 minutes -
Ghana, Burkina Faso explore public sector reforms, AI adoption at HR Café
13 minutes -
Over 500,000 BECE candidates secure placement in 2026 CSSPS exercise – Education Ministry
18 minutes -
Gauff’s statement win completes stacked US Open last eight
24 minutes -
Eiffel Tower shut by staff protest after female workers moved for religious visit
33 minutes -
WASSCE Results: Focus on improving performance, not grading system – EduWatch
44 minutes -
UAE says its energy exports will not be ‘held hostage’ by Iran war
1 hour -
Nigeria’s Dangote refinery plans $14 billion expansion as it signs IPO documents
1 hour -
Oil rises as risks of prolonged Mideast conflict fan supply worries
1 hour -
Muslim women charged to champion nation-building, moral upbringing and combat drug abuse
2 hours -
Singapore minister defends Singapore Airlines’ investment in Air India
2 hours -
Canada’s retaliatory tariffs take effect as US trade talks stall
2 hours -
WASSCE Failures: System, not students alone, must take the blame – EduWatch
2 hours