General News of Thursday, 20 February 2020

Source: peacefmonline.com

Akufo-Addo's despotism and authoritarianism' rule made us walk out - Minority

Minority MPs walking out of parliament play videoMinority MPs walking out of parliament

The Minority in Parliament on Thursday dramatically boycotted this year’s State Of The Nation Address [SONA] without giving any ‘tangible’ reason.

The Minority organized a press conference addressed by the Minority Leader, Hon. Haruna Iddrisu in Parliament to explain their action.

According to them since becoming President of our republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has conducted the affairs of state with the kind of "tyranny, despotism and authoritarianism" that frightens many objective observers.

"We have in the face of extreme provocation exercised restraint and urged the president to depart from his perilous path that puts the democracy of our country at great risk.

"Sadly, matters are totally out of control. The democracy we all toiled and sacrificed to establish is now threatened by the highhandedness of President Akufo-Addo. The man who in opposition styled himself as a champion democrat has turned out to be a nightmare and an existential threat to our fledgling democracy.

"We continue to witness heightened impunity from officialdom," a part of the statement said.

Watch their walkout below