Hawa Koomson’s actions are criminal - Sammy Gyamfi

Politics of Tuesday, 21 July 2020

Source: www.ghanaweb.com

2020-07-21

NDC's National Communication Officer,

Sammy Gyamfi

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The National Communication Officer of the opposition NDC, Sammy Gyamfi, has
described the actions of incumbent Member of Parliament, Mavis Hawa Koomson, as
criminal.

On Monday the Steps to Christ polling station at Kasoa was closed down by the officials
of the Electoral Commission after some gun-wielding men reportedly stormed the
premises firing shots. They reportedly burnt motorcycles which disrupted the work of the
EC.

The Awutu Senya MP later confirmed that she was responsible for the shooting at her
constituency and not her bodyguards who were with her.

Reacting to the case, Sammy Gyamfi, tagged the actions of the incumbent MP as
criminal because she disrupted the peace of Ghanaians which under law is a crime.

“Section 198 of the criminal offences of Ghana 1960 act 29 section 189, 199, 200
downwards speaks about crimes against the peace of Ghana, rioting is a crime. What
the woman has done is criminal, reprehensible, shameful, broth on our democracy and it
cannot be defended,” Sammy Gyamfi told TV3 in an interview.

According to him there was no need to carry a gun to the polling station because “there
was noeminent danger, no threat to her life, no act of violence at the polling station
before she got there to elicit the claim of self-defense.”

Contrary to the assertions that the gun-shots were warning shots, Sammy Gyamfi
claimed that Hawa Koomson deliberately fired the shots at her own constituents.

“These were not even warning shot, these were targeted shots. She targeted shots at
her own constituents. If you look at the manner in which the shots were fired, they were
aimed at people,” the NDC’s Communication Officer said.

He added “When she missed her target, she together with her gun-wielding thugs
invaded the polling centre, burnt the motorcycles of innocent registrants and some party
agents of the NDC.”
The NDC communicator added claims by the NPP that the opposition party bused
people to the polling station were allegations without evidence.

“Were there buses at the centre? We are not talking about allegations because your
reporters have been there, was there a bus at the centre? Has the woman been able to
show us evidence of people who have been bused there and were not eligible to be
registered there? For a minister of state, a lawmaker to take the law into her own hands
in that gangstar-rambo style, destroying property and distracting the exercise for the
whole day that is criminal.”

Sammy Gyamfi also confirmed his agreement with claims that the Minister for Special
Development Initiatives must be sacked.

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