The Deputy General Secretary and Director of Operations of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mustapha Gbande, has dismissed the petition submitted by the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) after its “Democracy Under Attack” demonstration, describing it as lacking substance.
Speaking on JoyFM’s Top Story on Thursday, August 6, Mr Gbande said the government would not be distracted by the protest, insisting that it remains focused on addressing the country’s challenges.
He said although the NPP had successfully organised the demonstration without any major incident, the petition presented to the Presidency would not receive attention because, in his view, it did not address issues that required urgent consideration.
“I’ll assume that they have successfully demonstrated. Nobody is hurt. The police have been law-abiding; they protected them quite apart from their waywardness and ensured that whatever they intended had finished.”
“Let me assure him that that petition they have submitted today, nobody is going to have time to read it because it doesn’t make sense, and nobody is going to waste time. We have a nation to build. We have a country to build.”
The NDC Deputy General Secretary said the government has a responsibility to maintain order and ensure that anyone who violates the law faces the necessary consequences, regardless of political affiliation.