Leaders of the pressure group, Arise Ghana, have said their planned demonstration will come on as scheduled on Tuesday, 28 June 2022.
One of the leaders, Bernard Mornah, who disclosed this, expressed his disappointment at the police for court action against the planned demonstration.
“The demonstration is coming on as planned because what they (police) are opposed to is the time of closure,” he said.
He added, “throughout our conversations with them (police) and the letters which we have appended, they never spoke about location.”
Mr Mornah’s comments come after the police filed a case in court against their action due to a disagreement on the time frame and also the location.
He was speaking in an interview with TV3.
The group planned on picketing at the Jubilee House until the following day, but the police did not agree.
Also, they intended to start their protest at 3 pm and end at 10 pm, but the police were not in favour of the arrangement.
According to the police, the scheduled time will not guarantee the safety of demonstrators and other members of the public.
It thus urged the organisers to hold the protest early in the day, but they refused.
This compelled the police to resort to the court to determine the appropriate time and date for the protest.
The court is scheduled to hear the case today, Monday, 27 June 2022.
The police further assured Ghanaians of its readiness to provide security for demonstrations once the court determined the matters.
Meanwhile, the National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, who is also a member of the Arise Ghana pressure group, has described the police statement as shameful.
“It is wrong; it is not good for the administration of justice to issue a press release announcing the court action and date for the hearing,” he said and further described the court action as “unreasonable.”
“The court action is not seeking to injunct the demonstration,” he stressed.
Outline for the demonstration
The demonstration, which is in two parts, is set to happen on 28 June and 29 June 2022, subject to fruitful deliberations with the police.
On 28 June, the demonstration will begin at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle Interchange/Obra Spot.
Participants will converge between 12 pm and 3 pm, move along the Nima Police Station street to the Ako-Adjei Interchange, and end at the front of the Jubilee House, where the picketing will take place until 10 pm.
The following day, 29 June 2022, protestors will converge on the El-Wak Sports Stadium at 12 pm and move to the Lands Commission road through the Liberation road to the Ministry of Finance.
There, a petition will be presented to the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori Atta.
From the Ministry of Finance, the group will move to the Parliament House of Ghana, where another petition will be presented to the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin.
The pressure group is convinced the country is in deep crisis, and thus “the need to take drastic measures to rescue the country from the elite few”.
They further urged all progressive forces and patriotic Ghanaians to come out in their numbers for what they described as a historic demonstration, which would mark the beginning of a new paradigm shift.