The police administration has urged the two major political parties to concentrate on their politics and allow the police to also concentrate on its policing work.
On Monday, April 17, 2023, the Ghana Police Service met with the leadership of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to discuss some political disagreements at a meeting called by the Inspector General of Police.
A statement issued by the police after the engagement urged the parties to be decent in their operations.
“They should do their politics and allow the Police to do policing. We, therefore, called on them to support us including by criticizing us constructively to do a professional job in line with our constitutional mandate”, the police said in its release signed by its Director of Public Affairs, ACP Grace Ansah-Akrofi.
The meeting was necessitated by press statements issued by the parties and subsequently followed by petitions to the Police Service with each party calling on the Police to arrest certain individuals of the other side for some alleged offenses.
There was an opportunity for both parties to air their grievances. Their concerns centered on comments made by some political figures on both sides of the divide considered to be offensive.
