The Minority in Parliament is calling on the police to up its game and speedily prosecute thugs in the Odododiodio constituency who allegedly assaulted NDC MP for the area Nii Lantey Vanderpuye.

Deputy Minority Leader James Klutse Avedzi says members of the governing party are behind the attack.

This is the second such attack on a Member of Parliament has been subjected to such an ordeal in the last three months.

In July this year, the Ejura Sekyere Odumase MP Mohammed Bawa Braimiah was also allegedly assaulted during the voter registration exercise.

Mr Avedzi says it’s about time strong signals are sent to those attacking NDC MPs to stop.

“We urge the police to up their game so that the people who assaulted the MP should quickly be arrested and investigated as to why they would assault him,” he said.

The Deputy Minority Leader also revealed that the Minority is “waiting to hear a full briefing from the member concerned and then we will give full briefing as to what should be done.”

He highlighted the need to prosecute the perpetrators to send a strong signal to others planning similar acts.

James Avedzi, however, suspects that some members of the ruling government may have a hand in the orchestration of the incident.

“You’ll see clearly that the issue is affecting members of parliament from the minority. It means that the first suspect should be members of the government’s party," he said.

His suspicion is borne out of what he says is the belief of the perpetrators that they will be left off the hook.

“Because if you’re attacking members of parliament and these MPs are coming from only the Minority, you think that there are some people behind who think that even if I’m arrested I will be cleared. They have some powers behind them,” he added.