Private legal practitioner Martin Kpebu has expressed surprise at the response of the Governor of the Bank of Ghana as regards Tuesday’s mass procession by the Minority and its allied partners.
A day after the protest, which demanded his resignation, Dr Ernest Yedu Addison granted an interview to international banking website Central Banking and described the protest as “completely unnecessary”.
“The Minority in Parliament have many channels to channel their grievances in civilised societies, not through demonstrations in the streets as hooligans.”
But reacting to this on The Keypoints on TV3/3FM on Saturday, October 7, Mr Kpebu said Dr Addison may be living on a different planet if he says protests are not staged in civilised societies.
“I’m very surprised he said in a civilised society, people don’t demonstrate. I don’t know whether he lives on a different planet because you know #OccupyWallStreet, was it not a demonstration?” he asked.
“Which civilised society was the Governor referring to? In the US, for over 100 years, people demonstrated freely in front of the White House and then you go to the British ones, last year they were demonstrations. Just about the time we did the Kumi Preko Reloaded, in the UK they did, Germany etc.
“So, really that is why I said I am very measured because somehow I am very shocked that the Governor really described the citizens as hooligans.”
He rather questioned Dr Addison’s understanding of printing of monies, casting insinuation on the excessive printing of monies in 2022 to the tune of GH¢48.4 million.
Meanwhile, the Minority has served notice series of demonstration will be staged until the Governor resigns from his post.
North Tongu Member of Parliament (MP) said this resolve was taken way before the “disrespect” of Dr Addison not to show up to receive their petition after Tuesday’s demonstration.
He was also speaking on the same programme.
Source:3news.com