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Mills: I am the President whether you like it or not

  17 March 2009 4:00am
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The president John Evans Atta Mills has issued a stern warning to critics not to take his leniency as a weakness.In his most unusual demeanor the president said recent developments in the country have given him enough cause for anxiety and concern.“There is no other government in this country. There is no other president in this country… where you have people arrogate to themselves certain rights. Where people threaten that they are going to advise themselves and take the law into their own hands, I Atta Mills will not allow this to happen.“I respect civility and politeness and I believe that people have taken my respect for peaceful co-existence as weakness, timidity and inability to act,” the president lamented.The president made these remarks when members of the Ghana Journalists Association paid a courtesy call on him at the Castle, Osu on Tuesday.Even though he was not emphatic on who or what these worrying developments are, one’s guess could not have been too far from right.Indeed, presidential spokesperson Mahama Ayariga in a subsequent interview with Joy News said the president is unhappy with recent pronouncements by the minority in parliament.According to him, the comments by the minority amounted to usurping the authority of the institutions of state and by extension his authority as president.The minority protested what they claim were incessant, unwarranted attacks on people perceived to be sympathisers of the NPP and warned they will advise themselves if steps were not taken to halt the attacks.According to Ayariga the comments were threatening, unacceptable and unbecoming of a minority.He said the president’s reaction should be understood as a form of caution not only to the minority but all who foment trouble.Alhaji Haruna Atta, Managing Editor of the Accra Daily Mail said he was impressed with the vigour and forthrightness of the president’s message.He was part of the delegation that visited the president early in the day.Without attempting to trace who the president’s comments were tailored to, he said it was the “who-the-cup-fit-kind of speech.”He however conceded something terrible must have gone amiss to have pushed the president into making such comments.Listen to aspect of the President's concerns in the attached audio.Story by Nathan Gadugah

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