Sammy Gyamfi, the National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), who is also a member of the pressure group Arise Ghana, has said that the organization's scheduled demonstration will begin.
He declared, "Nobody can stop this demonstration," on the New Day broadcast with Johnnie Hughes on TV3 on Monday, June 27.
His remarks follow the Police's legal action against the planned rally following a dispute over the event's time and location.
In a statement released on Sunday, June 26, the Police stated that they pleaded with the organisers to alter the timetable and start the demonstration early in the day and stop before night falls.
However, "the Police have had no choice but to submit the procedure to the court for a ruling due to the lack of agreement between the Police and the organisers on the time for protest and place for their intended picketing. On June 20, 2022, a letter was properly used to inform Arise Ghana of this.
Since then, the matter has been registered with the court, and the hearing is set for tomorrow, Monday, June 27, 2022.
On June 28, 2022, the organisation intended to begin a series of protests that would finish in front of the government building. The protests would begin at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle Interchange/Obra Spot.
According to a statement the organisation had previously released, "We shall march from the Nima Police Station street to the Arko-Agyei inter-change and terminate at the Frontage of the Jubilee House where we will picket till 10PM."
They stated that the demonstration was being held "to protest against the insensitive Akufo-Addo/Bawumia government's continued and astronomical increases in fuel prices that have imposed excruciating economic hardships on Ghanaians; protest against the imposition of the obnoxious E-Levy on the already burdened Ghanaian people."
"Demand a full-scale, bipartisan parliamentary investigation of COVID-19 spending; protest the administration of Akufo-Addo and Bawumia's officials' appropriation of public lands, notably their declassification of substantial areas of the Achimota Forest reserve.
"Protest against the rising culture of human rights violations under the watch of President Akufo-Addo and Alhaji Bawumia, as well as the increased rate of police brutalities and state-sponsored murders of innocent Ghanaians."
The Police statement was called disgraceful by Sammy Gyamfi.
He also referred to the court action as "unreasonable" and stated that it was "wrong and not beneficial for the administration of justice" to announce the court action and hearing date through press release.
He emphasised that "the court action is not trying to enjoin the demonstration."
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