The Ghana Police Service has today, taken up the task to train the overall public regarding demonstrations and specific sports withinside the country.
The police indicated that the waft has been necessitated with the useful resource of the usage of the occurrence of violence in some unspecified time in the future of the Arise Ghana Demonstration.
In a Twitter placed up on July 6, the police stated that, constant with law, demonstrations, precessions and all specific sports to be held have to have permission from the police at least five (5) days preceding to the scheduled date.
A letter in writing looking for permission have to encompass date, time and routes.
Suspicion of violence with the useful resource of the usage of the police will advocate that routes and dates have to be rescheduled inside 48 hours.
In an impasse, the Ghana Police Service asserts that the subsequent waft may be to visit court docket and byskip with the useful resource of the usage of the court docket ruling as seen in some unspecified time in the future of the Arise Ghana demonstration.
According to the police, failure of organizers to go with the useful resource of the usage of directives and abide with the useful resource of the usage of the law will bring about sanctions. Punishment my come withinside the form of fines or imprisonment or both.
On June 28 and 29, individuals of the strain group, Arise Ghana took to the street to protest the immoderate price of residing withinside the country.
On the number one day, June 28, the police and demonstrators engaged in a violent warfare over the direction for the march.
Some 12 policemen were injured from the pelting of stones compelling the police to hearthplace tear fueloline and rubber bullets at the protestors.
On the second day June 29, some 29 demonstrators were said to had been arrested for the destruction of public assets among others.
Subsequently, the Ghana Police Service said it was going to arrest organizers of the demonstration for the destruction of public assets and display of violence in some unspecified time in the future of what was to be a peaceful demonstration.