Selective application of the rule of law, the laws of our country is sickening — Sammi Awuku

Member of Parliament for Akwapim North, Sammi Awuku, has launched a blistering attack on the John Mahama-led administration, accusing it of deliberately weaponising the law against opposition leaders and sympathisers.

Addressing supporters at the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) “Yɛn Suro Ahunahuna” protest in Accra on September 23, Mr. Awuku said the government’s intimidation tactics were designed to silence dissent and cripple the opposition’s ability to hold it accountable.

“Today, injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. The selective application of the rule of law and the laws of our country is sickening,” he declared.

The Akwapim North legislator cited glaring double standards in how cases involving ruling party officials and opposition figures were handled.

“You will have a Vice Chairman of a ruling party making incendiary comments and attacks, and threatening bodily harm and the elimination of opposition figures. He’s called over tea or coffee, and he’s granted bail.

“Then you have the regional chairman of the opposition party make comments that the police find it offensive and difficult to stomach, and the person is put behind bars and given draconian bail conditions,” he criticised.

Mr. Awuku praised the resilience of young NPP members for refusing to be cowed by what he described as harassment and deliberate attempts to silence party leaders.

“I’m happy that the NPP’s young folks have risen to the occasion and are also clear in their minds that they will resist oppressors’ rule and speak against injustice, and also speak against the harassment and intimidation and the deliberate gaging up of opposition party leaders; this we will not allow,” he warned.