It's Sad You've Allowed Yourselves To Be Drawn Into NDC 'Dirty' Politics - Assin North Chiefs Slammed
Kwamena Duncan has reprimanded the traditional leaders of Assin North supporting the call on the Attorney General to discontinue the criminal charge against the Member of Parliament for Assin North, James Gyakye Quayson.
The Chiefs have admonished President Nana Akufo-Addo and the Attorney General to drop the charges and end any trial of Gyakye Quayson.
The Chiefs made this solemn request in Parliament after the swearing-in of Gyakye Quayson.
Speaking to Journalists, the Queen mother of Assin Bereku, Nana Hemaa Afia Ntiamoah said they back the calls by the Dormaahene, Osagyefo Oseadeeyo Agyemang Badu II, for the President to discontinue the case.
"We are appealing to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, and the Attorney General to discontinue criminal prosecution of Gyakye Quayson. We will be deprived of developments if the case continues. We the people of Assin North elected him, we should all come together to build Assin North. We are suffering because there’s no MP. We also stand by what Dormaahene said. Let’s stop the bickering and come together as one," she said.
But Kwamena Duncan, a former Central Regional Minister, has bemoaned the reaction of the Assin North traditional leaders to the Gyakye Quayson issue.
According to him, the Chiefs have allowed themselves to be influenced by the opposition National Democratic Congress into what he termed as their 'dirty' politics.
"They allowed themselves to be drawn into an NDC dirty political campaigning . . . you are being partisan," he said, wondering since when did Chiefs directly involve themselves in the business of Parliament.
He explained that Chiefs are known not to make statements anyhow, thus it was wrong for them to have spoken about the Gyakye Quayson's legal battle particularly in the Legislative House.
"When did this happen?", he questioned.
"Since when did Nananom stand in Parliament, on a platform created by the NDC, to make a request when they want to talk to the President," he decried.
He appealed to the Chiefs not to allow themselves to be roped into partisan politics.
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