Madina MP drags Adentan Police Commanders to Privileges Committee
Hon Sosu led residents in the La Nkwatanang-Madina municipality in a protest against the bad state of roads in the constituency. The protesters blocked the stretch of road within the Ayi-Mensah, Danfa and Otinibi area, leading to increased traffic. The intervention of the police however helped reduce the traffic that had been growing.
The MP for Madina Constituency, Francis-Xavier Sosu has dragged some senior police officers in the Adentan Divisional Police Command to Parliament’s Privileges Committee for manhandling him during yesterday’s demonstration.
Hon Sosu has noted that the actions of the Divisional Operations Commander and the Divisional Commander of Adentan are tantamount to contempt of Parliament.
According to him, given that he was on parliamentary duties during the demonstration, it was wrong for the police to interfere with his work.
“I was on parliamentary duties when I was leading my constituents and not only was I doing that, I actually served the police notice that right after the event, I was going to go to a leadership meeting in Parliament. So they knew exactly where I was going and they wanted to interfere with that,” Mr. Sosu explained.
Hon Sosu led residents in the La Nkwatanang-Madina municipality in a protest against the bad state of roads in the constituency.
The protesters blocked the stretch of road within the Ayi-Mensah, Danfa and Otinibi area, leading to increased traffic. The intervention of the police however helped reduce the traffic that had been growing.
Nonetheless, the MP defended the actions of his constituents, noting that there was nothing unlawful about it because the requirements for protesting, under the Public Order Act was complied with.
“There was a letter of protest and demonstration. The public protest comes in all kinds of ways,
Consequently, the MP has noted that he has already served a petition to the Speaker to ensure that the senior police commanders are made to answer before the Privileges Committee.
“I have served a petition on the Speaker of Parliament dragging the Divisional Operations Commander as well as the Divisional Commander of Adentan so that they will come to Parliament to meet the Privileges Committee”
“I am not going to leave it as it is. In a democracy, I think that we may have to enforce the law as it must be,” Mr. Sosu said.
