NDC disagrees with Police decision to restraint CJA procession -NDC

Accra, March 4, GNA- The National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Sunday
said it did not share the position of the Police Service in legally
restraining the Committee for Joint Action (CJA) from exercising its
democratic rights to organise a procession to mark the Ghana@50
celebrations the way it deemed fit.
"We are convinced that the hallmark of a functional and vibrant
constitutional democracy is the peaceful political activism and
dissent that characterise it", Dr Kwabena Adjei, Chairman of the party
told a news conference in Accra to declaring that the NDC would
participate in the March 6 Anniversary Parade at the Independence
Square.
He said the party was of the opinion that apart from the
Anniversary parade that was open to all, most of the official
activities lined up for the celebrations was elitist and exclusive in
nature, thus limiting the participation of the overwhelming majority
of Ghanaians.
The NDC Party Chairman said that for the police to criminalize
the intended CJA procession was "a slap in the face".
"We believe that peaceful processions and similar parallel
celebrations enable us to demonstrate our political pluralism and
maturity as well as elaborate our collective national consciousness",
he said.
Dr Adjei thus warned that in the event that the CJA embarked on
its planned procession, the security agencies should desist from
wreaking untoward violence on their members, supporters and
sympathisers.
04 March 07